---
type: "Bill"
title: "Metropolitan District Leases & Property Tax Exemptions"
description: "The act requires a metropolitan district that is a party to a lease or rental agreement that was effective as of January 1, 2025, or later and was filed with the county assessor's office in support of a claim for a property tax exemption based on the use of the property for purposes of the metropolitan district to file with the county assessor's office a statement (statement) describing:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1289"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1289 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Richardson", "Lisa Frizell", "Mike Weissman", "Yara Zokaie"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-28T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5886cd58-edb0-4ca1-afd3-08383b08abfd"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1289"
source_hash: "dee1f2a20535ce654771502ebb816b3d43492f517900f4561738117042a12b29"
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 25-1289 (2025A) — Metropolitan District Leases & Property Tax Exemptions

The act requires a metropolitan district that is a party to a lease or rental agreement that was effective as of January 1, 2025, or later and was filed with the county assessor's office in support of a claim for a property tax exemption based on the use of the property for purposes of the metropolitan district to file with the county assessor's office a statement (statement) describing:

## 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_hb1289_s_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1289_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/12/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1289_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/28/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1289_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/21/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1289_h_fin_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/26/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1289_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/22/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1289_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/21/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1289_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1289_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Richardson — primary (person)
- Lisa Frizell — primary (person)
- Mike Weissman — primary (person)
- Yara Zokaie — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Suckla — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Pugliese — cosponsor (person)
- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **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 - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2025-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5886cd58-edb0-4ca1-afd3-08383b08abfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).