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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Transit Reform"
+description: "The act makes the following changes for the purpose of improving the performance of the regional transportation district (RTD):"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2025A"
+identifier: "SB 25-161"
+citation: "Colorado SB 25-161 (2025A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Iman Jodeh", "Meg Froelich", "William Lindstedt"]
+version_count: 11
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 11
+first_action: "2025-02-11T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5be02a6a-2bb0-4a7b-8881-696b93c5d3f7"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-161"
+source_hash: "4344daca5521132abc3ccd4e39682cce037cfcf9b93d88fd9a52086697a53576"
+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 25-161 (2025A) — Transit Reform
+
+The act makes the following changes for the purpose of improving the performance of the regional transportation district (RTD):
+
+## 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_sb161_h_app_002.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/21/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_161_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_161_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (02/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_161_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (03/06/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_161_s_tra_01.pdf)
+6. **PA2 (04/15/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_161_s_tra_app_01.pdf)
+7. **PA3 (04/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_161_h_thl_01.pdf)
+8. **Reengrossed (04/22/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_161_ren.pdf)
+9. **Rerevised (05/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_161_rer.pdf)
+10. **Revised (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_161_rev.pdf)
+11. **Signed Act (05/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_161_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2nd COMMITTEE — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- NOT CONCUR APPT CC — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- ADOPT CCR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- BYD SCP — **41–20** (pass) · lower
+- BYD SCP — **44–19** (pass) · lower
+- REJECT — **44–21** (pass) · lower
+- REPASS — **23–12** (pass) · upper
+- ADOPT — **42–23** (pass) · lower
+- REPASS — **43–22** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **40–23** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Faith Winter — primary (person)
+- Iman Jodeh — primary (person)
+- Meg Froelich — primary (person)
+- William Lindstedt — primary (person)
+- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
+- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
+- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
+- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2025-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of Second Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
+- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of Second Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
+- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Second Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
+- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Reject, Discharge and Appoint
+- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Reject, Discharge and Appoint
+- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
+- **2025-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
+- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
+- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`
+- **2025-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/21/2025 - No Amendments
+- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5be02a6a-2bb0-4a7b-8881-696b93c5d3f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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