---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify Candidate Authority Watchers General Election"
description: "The act allows a candidate who is on the ballot for an election for the office of United States congress, state office, or district office of state concern and is subject to a recount to select one watcher in addition to any watchers otherwise selected for the recount."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1155"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1155 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cecelia Espenoza", "Jessie Danielson", "Mary Bradfield", "Rod Pelton"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-29T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec3b5c66-bd9c-4a3b-acf0-cd566c643a6a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1155"
source_hash: "da2da326ee7df189bbca7c21b2e49be04d3ae013e590e158924425beaea87598"
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 25-1155 (2025A) — Modify Candidate Authority Watchers General Election

The act allows a candidate who is on the ballot for an election for the office of United States congress, state office, or district office of state concern and is subject to a recount to select one watcher in addition to any watchers otherwise selected for the recount.

## 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_hb1155_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1155_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/20/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1155_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1155_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1155_h_sa_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1155_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/12/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1155_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1155_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/26/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1155_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cecelia Espenoza — primary (person)
- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
- Mary Bradfield — primary (person)
- Rod Pelton — primary (person)
- C. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rich — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2025-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec3b5c66-bd9c-4a3b-acf0-cd566c643a6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).