---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing Voice Court Reporter to Give Oath"
description: "Current law does not allow a voice court reporter to administer an oath or affirmation. The act adds voice reporters to the list of professionals who may administer an oath or affirmation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1301"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1301 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cecelia Espenoza", "Dylan Roberts", "Julie Gonzales", "Michael Carter"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88851370-83cc-4cc5-9068-80ea3af7bd85"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1301"
source_hash: "e76a589927e181fe2046b60162bae46eda2c4096fa9496388b21a8e69a90e00e"
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 25-1301 (2025A) — Authorizing Voice Court Reporter to Give Oath

Current law does not allow a voice court reporter to administer an oath or affirmation. The act adds voice reporters to the list of professionals who may administer an oath or affirmation.

## 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_hb1301_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/27/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1301_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/06/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1301_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/12/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1301_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1301_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/17/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1301_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/16/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1301_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1301_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **19–41** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **51–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cecelia Espenoza — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Michael Carter — primary (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `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 - No Amendments
- **2025-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T06:00:00+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/88851370-83cc-4cc5-9068-80ea3af7bd85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).