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type: "Bill"
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title: "Gay Panic Or Transgender Panic Defense"
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 20-221"
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citation: "Colorado SB 20-221 (2020A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brianna Titone", "Dominick Moreno", "Jack Tate", "Matt Soper"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2020-07-13T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcf28390-1888-49a2-9ff2-547bb86ec5d4"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-221"
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source_hash: "ca58e9d252e3b117f591330493d585890fae96a89d03c4d11192f79752ec8218"
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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 SB 20-221 (2020A) — Gay Panic Or Transgender Panic Defense
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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.
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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_sb221_h_phc_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (06/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_221_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (06/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_221_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (06/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_221_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_221_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (06/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_221_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_221_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (07/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_221_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **63–1** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brianna Titone — primary (person)
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- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
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- Jack Tate — primary (person)
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- Matt Soper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-07-13T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2020-06-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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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 Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **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`
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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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- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **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`
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- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `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/bcf28390-1888-49a2-9ff2-547bb86ec5d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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