---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Indian Child Welfare Act"
description: "The act codifies the federal \"Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978\" into state law as the \"Colorado Indian Child Welfare Act\" (CO-ICWA) and provides additional protections for Indian children and children known or determined to be Indian children under state law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1204"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1204 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessie Danielson", "Junie Joseph", "Monica Duran"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efeaa88e-ada9-4465-b802-3b362095a036"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1204"
source_hash: "defaf60081e93d283c66234f6a43f168bccf414195ac3079e21d3494f6a4bc9d"
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 25-1204 (2025A) — Colorado Indian Child Welfare Act

The act codifies the federal "Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978" into state law as the "Colorado Indian Child Welfare Act" (CO-ICWA) and provides additional protections for Indian children and children known or determined to be Indian children under state law.

## 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_hb1204_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/18/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1204_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1204_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1204_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/05/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1204_h_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/24/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1204_s_hhs_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/19/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1204_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/28/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1204_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1204_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1204_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **57–7** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **62–2** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **55–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
- Junie Joseph — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Simpson — 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)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — 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)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lundeen — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2025-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2025-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2025-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2025-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efeaa88e-ada9-4465-b802-3b362095a036`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).