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ColoradoSB25-2762025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Protect Civil Rights Immigration Status
Sponsored By: Elizabeth Velasco (Democratic), Julie Gonzales (Democratic), Lorena Garcia (Democratic), Mike Weissman (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
Immigration
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
10 provisions identified: 10 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Easier College Aid Access for Undocumented Students
Students without lawful immigration status no longer need the prior affidavit when seeking in-state tuition classification. They qualify for College Opportunity Fund benefits and state student aid when their student number is confirmed. The confirmation must come from the local education provider where they graduated or completed a high school equivalency exam. Institutional and private aid still follow each program’s rules. Higher Education must protect eligibility records under its privacy policy, including earlier College Opportunity Fund records.
Easier State Identification Access for Undocumented Residents
People without lawful immigration status can apply for Colorado identification documents without the prior affidavit about seeking lawful status. The Department of Revenue must handle eligibility information under its data privacy policy. This includes eligibility records collected before the law took effect.
Penalty Money Supports Immigration Legal Help
Specified civil penalty money, plus interest and investment earnings, goes to Colorado’s Immigration Legal Defense Fund. The fund provides grants to qualifying organizations representing people who cannot afford counsel in Colorado immigration court. The people served must lack private counsel. The money is continuously available for grants, but the law specifies no funding total.
Consumers Gain Stronger Personal Data Controls
Covered businesses can collect only personal data that is reasonable, necessary, and proportionate for a product or service you requested. They must get your consent before processing or selling your sensitive data. Before processing personal data about a known child, they must get consent from the child’s parent or lawful guardian.
Government Limits Immigration Questions and Data Sharing
State and local employees generally cannot share private identifying information to help federal immigration enforcement or ask about immigration-law compliance. Exceptions preserve legal requirements, official duties, student-visa sponsorship, student aid, qualifying funding checks, and court-required disclosures, as applicable. Funding checks cover health care, housing, or economic development when verification is necessary for funding. Inquiry limits exclude state databases activated by December 31, 2021, and local databases activated by June 30, 2025. Probation and pretrial staff and covered agents cannot give personal information to federal immigration authorities while acting in those roles. Employees who intentionally violate article 74 face court orders and penalties up to $50,000 per violation; immigration-related penalties fund legal defense.
Limits on Immigration Holds in Colorado Jails
Colorado officers cannot arrest or hold someone based on a civil immigration detainer, which is not a warrant. Officers also cannot ask or order private people to help with those arrests or holds. Jail staff cannot delay release for immigration enforcement operations, subject to the exception in C.R.S. 24-76.6-102(4). This includes holding someone after release eligibility or after bond is posted and processed. Federal immigration authorities need a federal judge’s or magistrate’s entry warrant, or a judge-issued federal custody transfer writ, to enter nonpublic detention areas.
More Defendants Can Challenge Guilty Pleas
Defendants can challenge more guilty pleas using the grounds in C.R.S. 18-1-410.6(4). Covered offenses include class 1, 2, and 3 misdemeanors, traffic misdemeanors, petty offenses, and qualifying municipal offenses. The law removes the pre-March 1, 2022 offense-date limit for the listed categories. Misdemeanor classification is based on when the plea was entered. Exclusions remain for misdemeanors listed in C.R.S. 24-4.1-302(1) and municipal offenses substantially similar to those listed offenses.
Outside Military Forces Need Governor Approval
Military forces from another state, territory, or district need the Colorado governor’s permission to enter Colorado. This restriction does not apply to forces acting under federal orders as part of the Armed Forces.
Patients Gain Protection From Civil Arrest
People receiving treatment in covered facilities are protected from civil arrest during treatment. Covered settings include specified behavioral health providers, state hospitals and facilities, nursing homes, and facilities involved in specified court proceedings. The law also protects people at courthouses and nearby areas, and while traveling to or from court. These protections concern civil arrests, not all criminal arrests.
Public Institutions Must Share Immigration Policies
Public child care centers, schools, education providers, colleges, health facilities, and publicly supported libraries must make their immigration-enforcement policies available. They must use usual channels, such as handbooks, websites, or patient portals. Policies must explain procedures for communicating, as appropriate, federal requests concerning people they serve or their parents, guardians, or relatives. Intentional violations of C.R.S. 24-74.1-102(1) or (2) carry court orders and penalties up to $50,000 per violation, funding immigration legal defense. The State Board of Education cannot waive article 74.1 protections for public schools, including charter and institute charter schools.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Elizabeth Velasco
Democratic • House
Julie Gonzales
Democratic • Senate
Lorena Garcia
Democratic • House
Mike Weissman
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
Andrew Boesenecker
Democratic • House
Amy Paschal
Democratic • House
Cecelia Espenoza
Democratic • House
Jamie Jackson
Democratic • House
Julie McCluskie
Democratic • House
Katie Stewart
Democratic • House
Monica Duran
Democratic • House
Manny Rutinel
Democratic • House
Naquetta Ricks
Democratic • House
Regina English
Democratic • House
Sean Camacho
Democratic • House
William Lindstedt
Democratic • Senate
Judy Amabile
Democratic • Senate
Janice Marchman
Democratic • Senate
Lindsey Daugherty
Democratic • Senate
Tony Exum
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/5/2025
House amendments: Concur
Yes: 35 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/5/2025
House amendments: Repass
Yes: 23 • No: 12
House vote • 5/3/2025
Third reading: Bill
Yes: 42 • No: 21
House vote • 5/2/2025
Committee of the whole: Amd (h.001)
Yes: 22 • No: 41
House vote • 5/2/2025
Committee of the whole: Amd (h.003)
Yes: 23 • No: 39
House vote • 5/2/2025
Committee of the whole: Amd (h.002)
Yes: 23 • No: 39
House vote • 4/30/2025
Refer Senate Bill 25-276, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
Yes: 6 • No: 5
House vote • 4/28/2025
Refer Senate Bill 25-276, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Yes: 7 • No: 4
Senate vote • 4/21/2025
Third reading: Amend (l.042)
Yes: 35 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/21/2025
Third reading: Amend (l.041)
Yes: 35 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/21/2025
Third reading: Amend (l.038)
Yes: 35 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/21/2025
Third reading: Amend (l.037)
Yes: 35 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/21/2025
Third reading: Bill
Yes: 22 • No: 13
Senate vote • 4/21/2025
Third reading: Amend (l.036)
Yes: 35 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/15/2025
Committee of the whole: Cow * (s.001)
Yes: 12 • No: 21
Senate vote • 4/11/2025
Refer Senate Bill 25-276, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
Yes: 4 • No: 3
Senate vote • 4/8/2025
Refer Senate Bill 25-276, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Yes: 3 • No: 2
Senate vote • 4/8/2025
Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment E).
Yes: 3 • No: 2
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
5/23/2025HouseSigned by the President of the Senate
5/7/2025SenateSent to the Governor
5/7/2025HouseSigned by the Speaker of the House
5/7/2025HouseSenate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
5/5/2025SenateHouse Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
5/3/2025HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
5/2/2025HouseHouse Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
4/30/2025HouseHouse Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations
4/28/2025HouseIntroduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
4/23/2025HouseSenate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor
4/21/2025SenateSenate Third Reading Laid Over to 04/21/2025 - No Amendments
4/17/2025SenateSenate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
4/16/2025SenateSenate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
4/15/2025SenateSenate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
4/11/2025SenateSenate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations
4/8/2025SenateIntroduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
4/4/2025Senate
Bill Text
Engrossed
Final Act
House Appropriations Preamend
House Judiciary Preamend
Introduced
Reengrossed
Rerevised
Revised
Senate Appropriations Preamend
Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Preamend
Signed Act