---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Conceived from Sex Assault Court Proceedings"
description: "Under current law, a parent who wants to relinquish their child must satisfy certain requirements. If the parent who wants to relinquish their child is a victim of sexual assault that resulted in the conception of the child to be relinquished, the act:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1185"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1185 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jenny Willford", "Meg Froelich", "Mike Weissman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f8dd385-4652-46c3-bd07-c7fd9f3d0f53"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1185"
source_hash: "cad7fd7bf0765cda9bf7310c315ef8390c509d3796114c8ce6de036efd0890c4"
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 25-1185 (2025A) — Child Conceived from Sex Assault Court Proceedings

Under current law, a parent who wants to relinquish their child must satisfy certain requirements. If the parent who wants to relinquish their child is a victim of sexual assault that resulted in the conception of the child to be relinquished, the act:

## 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_hb1185_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1185_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/24/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1185_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1185_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1185_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1185_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1185_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1185_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jenny Willford — primary (person)
- Meg Froelich — primary (person)
- Mike Weissman — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- B. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2025-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2025-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T07:00:00+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/9f8dd385-4652-46c3-bd07-c7fd9f3d0f53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).