---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limitation of Actions Against Appraisers"
description: "Under current law, the statute of limitations to bring certain claims against a real estate appraiser does not start until the party filing the claim has discovered, or should have discovered, an alleged defect in the appraisal. The act requires a claimant to bring an action against a real estate appraiser (appraiser) within 5 years after the date the appraisal report is completed and transmitted to a client. The 5-year limitation does not apply to an action against an appraiser for a defective appraisal report or service if the action is brought by:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "SB 25-035"
citation: "Colorado SB 25-035 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chad Clifford", "Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Lisa Frizell", "Ron Weinberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03e58e21-9750-4875-96ef-9e6025837032"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-035"
source_hash: "058fcd49a5a139312203b93b6f00bce211cca13f4ca06bb450b129d89d82a9bc"
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 SB 25-035 (2025A) — Limitation of Actions Against Appraisers

Under current law, the statute of limitations to bring certain claims against a real estate appraiser does not start until the party filing the claim has discovered, or should have discovered, an alleged defect in the appraisal. The act requires a claimant to bring an action against a real estate appraiser (appraiser) within 5 years after the date the appraisal report is completed and transmitted to a client. The 5-year limitation does not apply to an action against an appraiser for a defective appraisal report or service if the action is brought by:

## 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_sb035_h_bus_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/24/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_035_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_035_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_035_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/21/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_035_s_blt_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_035_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_035_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_035_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_035_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chad Clifford — primary (person)
- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Lisa Frizell — primary (person)
- Ron Weinberg — primary (person)
- B. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2025-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03e58e21-9750-4875-96ef-9e6025837032`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).