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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Protecting the Freedom to Marry"
+description: "Colorado statute states that a marriage is valid only if it is between one man and one woman. That provision has been unenforceable since the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges , 576 U.S. 644 (2015), in which the Court ruled that same-sex couples have a fundamental right to marry. The act repeals the provision.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2025A"
+identifier: "SB 25-014"
+citation: "Colorado SB 25-014 (2025A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brianna Titone", "Jessie Danielson", "Lorena García"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-04-07T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d9bb87c-528e-4ee9-8161-c0a1283ea25c"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-014"
+source_hash: "109afc16488f734bf40e540f838224fee43fe294e8569055053362145de1ca4c"
+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 SB 25-014 (2025A) — Protecting the Freedom to Marry
+
+Colorado statute states that a marriage is valid only if it is between one man and one woman. That provision has been unenforceable since the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges , 576 U.S. 644 (2015), in which the Court ruled that same-sex couples have a fundamental right to marry. The act repeals the provision.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
+
+## 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_sb014_h_jud_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (02/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_014_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (03/28/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_014_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (01/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_014_01.pdf)
+5. **Reengrossed (02/05/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_014_ren.pdf)
+6. **Rerevised (03/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_014_rer.pdf)
+7. **Revised (03/20/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_014_rev.pdf)
+8. **Signed Act (04/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_014_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **29–6** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **45–14** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brianna Titone — primary (person)
+- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
+- Lorena García — primary (person)
+- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
+- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
+- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
+- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
+- E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
+- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
+- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
+- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Feret — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
+- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
+- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
+- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2025-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2025-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2025-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2025-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2025-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2025-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2025-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d9bb87c-528e-4ee9-8161-c0a1283ea25c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+