republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/sb-20-221.md

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Bill	Gay Panic Or Transgender Panic Defense	The act states that, generally, evidence relating to the discovery of, knowledge about, or potential disclosure of the victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation, including under circumstances in which the victim made an unwanted, nonforcible romantic or sexual advance toward the defendant or if the defendant and victim are or have been involved in an intimate relationship, is irrelevant in a criminal case and does not constitute sudden heat of passion in a criminal case. The act creates a protective hearing if a party claims that such evidence is relevant and wants to use it in a criminal case.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2020A	SB 20-221	Colorado SB 20-221 (2020A)	bill		enacted	Brianna Titone Dominick Moreno Jack Tate Matt Soper	8	12	2	2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00	2020-07-13T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/bcf28390-1888-49a2-9ff2-547bb86ec5d4	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-221	ca58e9d252e3b117f591330493d585890fae96a89d03c4d11192f79752ec8218	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 20-221 (2020A) — Gay Panic Or Transgender Panic Defense

The act states that, generally, evidence relating to the discovery of, knowledge about, or potential disclosure of the victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation, including under circumstances in which the victim made an unwanted, nonforcible romantic or sexual advance toward the defendant or if the defendant and victim are or have been involved in an intimate relationship, is irrelevant in a criminal case and does not constitute sudden heat of passion in a criminal case. The act creates a protective hearing if a party claims that such evidence is relevant and wants to use it in a criminal case.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (06/09/2020) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/19/2020) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (06/08/2020) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (06/10/2020) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (06/12/2020) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (06/11/2020) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (07/13/2020) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 63–1 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brianna Titone — primary (person)
• Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
• Jack Tate — primary (person)
• Matt Soper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-07-13T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2020-06-18T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services introduction
• 2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bcf28390-1888-49a2-9ff2-547bb86ec5d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).