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ColoradoSB25-1642025 Regular SessionSenate

Opioid Antagonist Availability & State Board of Health

Sponsored By: Faith Winter, Jamie Jackson (Democratic), Janice Marchman (Democratic), Jenny Willford (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

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4 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Drug disposal workers gain legal protection

Employees, agents, and volunteers of state-listed eligible groups gain protection while handling controlled substances solely for lawful safe disposal. Police cannot arrest them, and district attorneys cannot charge or prosecute them, for possession tied to those duties. Disposal must follow applicable law and use a secure container that allows law enforcement access for disposal.

Community groups gain overdose response protections

Colorado’s State Board of Health must maintain a list of groups eligible to receive overdose medicine, replacing fixed recipient categories. Listed groups can receive medicine from prescribers, and the Chief Medical Officer can authorize distribution through a standing order. School employees acting under the school medicine laws also qualify. Civil and criminal protections extend to listed groups and people helping administer medicine in good faith; school staff must follow applicable laws and school policies. Training is encouraged, not required, on overdose risks, recognition, emergency calls, rescue breathing, and medicine use.

Schools can expand overdose medicine access

Public, charter, and nonpublic schools can stock naloxone, an overdose-reversal medicine, after adopting and following a school policy. Storage can include school grounds, defibrillator cabinets, and school buses. Employees or agents can administer it when they believe someone is experiencing or at risk of an opioid overdose; training is encouraged, not required. Schools can also furnish it to individuals, including trained students. Staff can furnish it to an untrained student when they believe the student can help someone experiencing or at risk of overdose.

Youth gain input on overdose prevention

The State Board of Health must let the Colorado Youth Advisory Council present twice yearly on youth opioids and other health issues. The council must consult with the state’s Prevention Services Division during stakeholder work on overdose-medicine rules. The board must accept and incorporate this youth input in related rulemaking. Beginning January 2026, the state health department must report on youth overdose prevention at its annual SMART Act oversight hearing.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Faith Winter

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Jamie Jackson

    Democratic • House

  • Janice Marchman

    Democratic • Senate

  • Jenny Willford

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Andrew Boesenecker

    Democratic • House

  • Alex Valdez

    Democratic • House

  • Brandi Bradley

    Republican • House

  • Chad Clifford

    Democratic • House

  • Emily Sirota

    Democratic • House

  • Jennifer Bacon

    Democratic • House

  • Jarvis Caldwell

    Republican • House

  • Junie Joseph

    Democratic • House

  • Javier Mabrey

    Democratic • House

  • Julie McCluskie

    Democratic • House

  • Jacque Phillips

    Democratic • House

  • Kyle Brown

    Democratic • House

  • Karen McCormick

    Democratic • House

  • Katie Stewart

    Democratic • House

  • Lesley Smith

    Democratic • House

  • Monica Duran

    Democratic • House

  • Meg Froelich

    Democratic • House

  • Mandy Lindsay

    Democratic • House

  • Rep. S. Bird

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Sheila Lieder

    Democratic • House

  • Steven Woodrow

    Democratic • House

  • Ty Winter

    Republican • House

  • Cathy Kipp

    Democratic • Senate

  • Chris Kolker

    Democratic • Senate

  • Dafna Michaelson Jenet

    Democratic • Senate

  • Iman Jodeh

    Democratic • Senate

  • Judy Amabile

    Democratic • Senate

  • James Coleman

    Democratic • Senate

  • Lisa Cutter

    Democratic • Senate

  • Marc Snyder

    Democratic • Senate

  • Mike Weissman

    Democratic • Senate

  • Nick Hinrichsen

    Democratic • Senate

  • Tom Sullivan

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 113 • No: 4

House vote • 4/15/2025

Third reading: Bill

Yes: 61 • No: 1

House vote • 4/8/2025

Refer Senate Bill 25-164 to the Committee of the Whole.

Yes: 12 • No: 1

Senate vote • 3/19/2025

Third reading: Bill

Yes: 32 • No: 2

Senate vote • 3/13/2025

Refer Senate Bill 25-164, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.

Yes: 8 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Governor Signed

    5/5/2025House

  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House

    4/25/2025House

  3. Sent to the Governor

    4/25/2025House

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate

    4/24/2025Senate

  5. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

    4/15/2025House

  6. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments

    4/14/2025House

  7. House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

    4/11/2025House

  8. House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole

    4/8/2025House

  9. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

    3/19/2025Senate

  10. Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services

    3/19/2025House

  11. Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee

    3/18/2025Senate

  12. Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole

    3/13/2025Senate

  13. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services

    2/14/2025Senate

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