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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hospital Patient Visitation Rights During COVID-19"
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description: "The act acknowledges the challenges to the state's health care systems caused by the COVID-19 virus, which has resulted in hospitals, in their efforts to keep patients and employees in a safe environment and minimize the risk of spreading the virus, limiting patients' ability to have loved ones visit them during hospitalizations. The act encourages hospitals to follow infection prevention protocols and identify ways to improve patient visitation policies."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2020A"
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identifier: "HB 20-1425"
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citation: "Colorado HB 20-1425 (2020A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edie Hooton", "Jim Smallwood", "Joann Ginal", "Tim Geitner"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3627ded7-f1ad-4199-be0d-c30469cdb281"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1425"
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source_hash: "810d68e70eaf3d955acb22f3cb2b3c30515de5747015e0ad517fb9df358651db"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 20-1425 (2020A) — Hospital Patient Visitation Rights During COVID-19
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The act acknowledges the challenges to the state's health care systems caused by the COVID-19 virus, which has resulted in hospitals, in their efforts to keep patients and employees in a safe environment and minimize the risk of spreading the virus, limiting patients' ability to have loved ones visit them during hospitalizations. The act encourages hospitals to follow infection prevention protocols and identify ways to improve patient visitation policies.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_hb1425_s_sa_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1425_en2.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (06/22/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1425_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1425_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1425phc_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (06/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1425_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (06/15/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1425_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (06/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1425_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (06/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1425_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- AMD — **20–43** (fail) · lower
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- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **47–17** (pass) · lower
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- AMD — **37–27** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Edie Hooton — primary (person)
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- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
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- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
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- Tim Geitner — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2020-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2020-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
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- **2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3627ded7-f1ad-4199-be0d-c30469cdb281`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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