# Colorado SB25-144: Change Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance Prog Colorado SB25-144, Change Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance Prog, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Faith Winter, Jeff Bridges (Democratic), Jenny Willford (Democratic) and 1 others; status signed, last action 2025-05-30 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-144-2025A - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Colorado SB25-144 - State: Colorado - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Change Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance Prog - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-05 - Last action: 2025-05-30, Governor Signed - Sponsors: Faith Winter, Jeff Bridges (Democratic), Jenny Willford (Democratic), Yara Zokaie (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 31 - Subjects: Labor & Employment - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 9 (141 yes, 71 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More paid leave for newborn care: benefit, high. Colorado’s paid leave program generally provides up to 12 weeks of benefits. Covered parents get up to 12 extra weeks while their child receives inpatient neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) care. The extra leave lasts only as long as that care, up to 12 weeks. A separate allowance provides up to f… - Employers get paid leave overcharge refunds: benefit, low. Colorado must fully refund employers overcharged for paid leave premiums because of calculation mistakes or program errors. The Department of Labor and Employment must issue those refunds before changing premium rates. - Workers’ leave premiums fall, then vary: mixed, low. Colorado’s paid leave premium is 0.9% of wages per employee from January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2025. It falls to 0.88% for January 1 through December 31, 2026. For 2027 onward, the state sets each year’s rate by September 1 of the prior year. Later rates can be higher, but cannot exceed 1.2… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Faith Winter - Sponsor: Jeff Bridges (Democratic), Senate - Sponsor: Jenny Willford (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Yara Zokaie (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Andrew Boesenecker (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Eliza Hamrick (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Emily Sirota (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jennifer Bacon (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jamie Jackson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Junie Joseph (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kyle Brown (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Katie Stewart (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lorena Garcia (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lesley Smith (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Monica Duran (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Meg Froelich (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mandy Lindsay (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Meghan Lukens (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Manny Rutinel (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Naquetta Ricks (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Rebekah Stewart (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Rep. 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Bird - Cosponsor: Sean Camacho (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Sheila Lieder (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tammy Story (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Cathy Kipp (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Dafna Michaelson Jenet (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Iman Jodeh (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Judy Amabile (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: James Coleman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Lisa Cutter (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Marc Snyder (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike Weissman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Nick Hinrichsen (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Tom Sullivan (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-28 | Senate | House amendments: Concur | pass | 29 | 4 | | | 2025-04-28 | Senate | House amendments: Repass | pass | 21 | 12 | | | 2025-04-25 | House | Third reading: Bill | pass | 42 | 21 | | | 2025-04-24 | House | Refer Senate Bill 25-144 to the Committee of the Whole. | pass | 9 | 2 | | | 2025-04-16 | House | Refer Senate Bill 25-144, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. | pass | 9 | 3 | | | 2025-04-16 | House | Refer Senate Bill 25-144, as amended, to the Committee on Health & Human Services. | fail | 1 | 11 | | | 2025-03-19 | Senate | Third reading: Bill | pass | 22 | 12 | | | 2025-03-14 | Senate | Refer Senate Bill 25-144 to the Committee of the Whole. | pass | 4 | 3 | | | 2025-02-25 | Senate | Refer Senate Bill 25-144, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. | pass | 4 | 3 | | ## Actions (15) - 2025-05-30: Governor Signed (House) - 2025-05-02: Signed by the Speaker of the House (House) - 2025-05-02: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2025-05-01: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-28: Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass (Senate) - 2025-04-25: House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (House) - 2025-04-24: House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole (House) - 2025-04-24: House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee (House) - 2025-04-16: House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations (House) - 2025-03-19: Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor (House) - 2025-03-18: Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor (Senate) - 2025-03-14: Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/84333/download) - Final Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/84329/download) - House Business Affairs & Labor Preamend: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/84336/download) - Introduced: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/84334/download) - Reengrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/84332/download) - Rerevised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/84330/download) - Revised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/84331/download) - Senate Business, Labor, & Technology Preamend: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/84335/download) - Signed Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/40811/download) ## Related bills - SB25-279: Colorado Code of Military Justice Updates (signed) - HB25-1307: Updating Technical References in Education Law (signed) - HB25-1234: Utility Consumer Protection (signed) - SB25-167: Invest State Funds to Benefit Communities (signed) - SB25-163: Battery Stewardship Programs (signed) - SB25-261: Property Tax Deferral Program Administration (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/84333/download) - [Final Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/84329/download) - [House Business Affairs & Labor Preamend (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/84336/download) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/84334/download) - [Reengrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/84332/download) - [Rerevised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/84330/download) - [Revised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/84331/download) - [Senate Business, Labor, & Technology Preamend (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/84335/download) - [Signed Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/40811/download) ## Related - [SB25-279: Colorado Code of Military Justice Updates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-279-2025A) - [HB25-1307: Updating Technical References in Education Law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB25-1307-2025A) - [HB25-1234: Utility Consumer Protection](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB25-1234-2025A) - [SB25-167: Invest State Funds to Benefit Communities](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-167-2025A) - [SB25-163: Battery Stewardship Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-163-2025A) - [SB25-261: Property Tax Deferral Program Administration](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-261-2025A) - [Colorado bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/colorado/bills) - [Colorado state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/colorado) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-144-2025A (as of 2026-10-16).