republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2025a/sb-25-298.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Remove Term Homosexuality from Criminal Code	The act removes the term "homosexuality" from the definition of sexual conduct in the sexually explicit materials harmful to children part of the "Colorado Criminal Code".	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2025A	SB 25-298	Colorado SB 25-298 (2025A)	bill		enacted	Lindsey Daugherty Mandy Lindsay Meghan Lukens Paul Lundeen	8	12	2	2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00	2025-05-30T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/86e20e1e-de1b-4875-bec5-cc8f44d8a78b	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-298	4ba499e83192bfb0c68be3bced7a87427046807686e29b91639604adc676c39a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 25-298 (2025A) — Remove Term Homosexuality from Criminal Code

The act removes the term "homosexuality" from the definition of sexual conduct in the sexually explicit materials harmful to children part of the "Colorado Criminal Code".

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/24/2025) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/13/2025) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/16/2025) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (04/25/2025) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (05/02/2025) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (05/01/2025) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (05/30/2025) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 64–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)
• Mandy Lindsay — primary (person)
• Meghan Lukens — primary (person)
• Paul Lundeen — primary (person)
• A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
• A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
• A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
• B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
• D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
• D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
• E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
• E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
• F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
• G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
• J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
• J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
• J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
• J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
• J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
• K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
• K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
• K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
• L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
• L. Feret — cosponsor (person)
• L. García — cosponsor (person)
• L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
• L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
• M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
• M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
• M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
• M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
• N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
• R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
• R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
• R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
• S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
• S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
• S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
• T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
• T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
• W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
• Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-05-30T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86e20e1e-de1b-4875-bec5-cc8f44d8a78b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).