---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protect Students from Restraint & Seclusion Act"
description: "Under current law, the \"Protection of Individuals from Restraint and Seclusion Act\" contains parameters concerning exceptions for the use of restraint and seclusion for various agencies, including for public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1248"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1248 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cathy Kipp", "Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Katie Stewart", "Yara Zokaie"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45c76a0e-48a0-47a7-bb6f-f2051387a4e9"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1248"
source_hash: "bab8bc0b7efc9ee218ba4ac0d9891822c0fa9fb2f692543fcb17f7ae81b6e05d"
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 25-1248 (2025A) — Protect Students from Restraint & Seclusion Act

Under current law, the "Protection of Individuals from Restraint and Seclusion Act" contains parameters concerning exceptions for the use of restraint and seclusion for various agencies, including for public schools.

## 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_hb1248_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/27/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1248_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/19/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1248_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/12/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1248_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1248_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1248_h_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/09/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1248_s_ed_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (03/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1248_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1248_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1248_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/24/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1248_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **43–21** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **43–21** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **23–10** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **41–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Katie Stewart — primary (person)
- Yara Zokaie — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2025-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2025-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2025-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45c76a0e-48a0-47a7-bb6f-f2051387a4e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).