---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landowner Immunity for Emergency Access to Property"
description: "The act provides immunity from civil liability for damage or injury to persons or property, other than that which arises from gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct, to a landowner who, in good faith and without compensation, allows access to the landowner's property for entry and exit in connection with an emergency. An emergency is a fire, a rescue call, a hazardous materials incident, a natural or human-caused disaster, or an incident reasonably determined to be an emergency by a first responder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1053"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1053 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janice Marchman", "Mark Baisley", "Ron Weinberg", "Tisha Mauro"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4745580e-eaf1-47b3-b99e-c07539f9052e"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1053"
source_hash: "c372659dd2a5dcfb255dba30975944eb62321a4170274096ab8e717313dd30cd"
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 25-1053 (2025A) — Landowner Immunity for Emergency Access to Property

The act provides immunity from civil liability for damage or injury to persons or property, other than that which arises from gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct, to a landowner who, in good faith and without compensation, allows access to the landowner's property for entry and exit in connection with an emergency. An emergency is a fire, a rescue call, a hazardous materials incident, a natural or human-caused disaster, or an incident reasonably determined to be an emergency by a first responder.

## 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_hb1053_s_agr_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/05/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1053_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1053_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1053_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/06/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1053_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1053_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (02/28/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1053_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/20/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1053_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Janice Marchman — primary (person)
- Mark Baisley — primary (person)
- Ron Weinberg — primary (person)
- Tisha Mauro — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- B. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Bradfield — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- M. Soper — cosponsor (person)
- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- R. Taggart — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-03-20T06:00:00+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
- **2025-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2025-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4745580e-eaf1-47b3-b99e-c07539f9052e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).