2025 Colorado Legislature

The law will increase oversight over the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and try to triple the turnaround time for sexual assault evidence kits.

Legislators failed to make revisions or to come up with a plan to keep a first-in-the-nation AI law that's been derided by tech companies from taking effect early next year.

Lawmakers were trying to increase security for passengers and drivers, but the country’s largest rideshare company says it will leave Colorado if the bill becomes law.

Senate Bill 318 was tabled after consensus on the tweaks couldn't be reached among the tech industry, consumer advocates and lawmakers. Colorado's controversial AI law goes into effect Feb. 1, but a special session may be in the works.

Backers say the Colorado Voting Rights Act will protect the state against efforts to scale back civil rights, but election officials fear it could open up new challenges to longstanding voting practices.

Opponents had focused on a provision they feared could lead to parents losing custody over their religious beliefs.

The veto override vote now heads to the House. The last veto overrides in Colorado were in 2011 and 2007 under former Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter, and both dealt with budget spending requests.

"He has a right to veto a bill. We have a right to override that veto."

Supporters say the law creates a space on forms to recognize lived experience and aligns death certificates with other state records.