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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Protect Victims in Civil Sex Misconduct Suits"
+description: "Under current law, certain evidence of a victim's prior or subsequent sexual conduct is presumed irrelevant and inadmissible in a civil proceeding, but there is an exception for evidence of the victim's prior or subsequent sexual conduct with the defendant. The act eliminates this exception."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2025A"
+identifier: "HB 25-1138"
+citation: "Colorado HB 25-1138 (2025A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Lindsey Daugherty", "Meghan Lukens", "Rose Pugliese"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-29T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-03-13T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0091156b-9c2e-4249-838c-7a2e1bfffe57"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1138"
+source_hash: "7b2d988d613a1c7848a5b4308f2f89ecc4eb85ae803f0b6e462d08b1345ff811"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
+---
+
+# Colorado HB 25-1138 (2025A) — Protect Victims in Civil Sex Misconduct Suits
+
+Under current law, certain evidence of a victim's prior or subsequent sexual conduct is presumed irrelevant and inadmissible in a civil proceeding, but there is an exception for evidence of the victim's prior or subsequent sexual conduct with the defendant. The act eliminates this exception.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_hb1138_s_jud_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (02/06/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1138_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (03/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1138_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (01/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1138_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (02/05/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1138_h_jud_01.pdf)
+6. **Reengrossed (02/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1138_ren.pdf)
+7. **Rerevised (03/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1138_rer.pdf)
+8. **Revised (03/06/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1138_rev.pdf)
+9. **Signed Act (03/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1138_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **60–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
+- Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)
+- Meghan Lukens — primary (person)
+- Rose Pugliese — primary (person)
+- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
+- A. Hartsook — cosponsor (person)
+- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
+- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
+- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
+- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
+- L. García — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
+- P. Lundeen — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Armagost — cosponsor (person)
+- R. English — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Winter — cosponsor (person)
+- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2025-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2025-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2025-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
+- **2025-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0091156b-9c2e-4249-838c-7a2e1bfffe57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+