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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Protect Students from Restraint & Seclusion Act"
+description: "Under current law, the \"Protection of Individuals from Restraint and Seclusion Act\" contains parameters concerning exceptions for the use of restraint and seclusion for various agencies, including for public schools."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2025A"
+identifier: "HB 25-1248"
+citation: "Colorado HB 25-1248 (2025A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cathy Kipp", "Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Katie Stewart", "Yara Zokaie"]
+version_count: 11
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-02-12T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-24T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45c76a0e-48a0-47a7-bb6f-f2051387a4e9"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1248"
+source_hash: "bab8bc0b7efc9ee218ba4ac0d9891822c0fa9fb2f692543fcb17f7ae81b6e05d"
+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 25-1248 (2025A) — Protect Students from Restraint & Seclusion Act
+
+Under current law, the "Protection of Individuals from Restraint and Seclusion Act" contains parameters concerning exceptions for the use of restraint and seclusion for various agencies, including for public schools.
+
+## 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_hb1248_s_ed_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (03/27/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1248_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/19/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1248_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (02/12/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1248_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (03/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1248_h_ed_01.pdf)
+6. **PA2 (03/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1248_h_ed_app_01.pdf)
+7. **PA3 (04/09/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1248_s_ed_01.pdf)
+8. **Reengrossed (03/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1248_ren.pdf)
+9. **Rerevised (04/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1248_rer.pdf)
+10. **Revised (04/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1248_rev.pdf)
+11. **Signed Act (05/24/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1248_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **43–21** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR — **43–21** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **23–10** (pass) · upper
+- REPASS — **41–23** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
+- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
+- Katie Stewart — primary (person)
+- Yara Zokaie — primary (person)
+- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
+- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
+- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
+- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
+- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2025-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
+- **2025-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
+- **2025-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
+- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2025-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
+- **2025-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45c76a0e-48a0-47a7-bb6f-f2051387a4e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+