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type: "Bill"
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title: "Law Enforcement Whistleblower Protection"
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description: "The act creates a civil cause of action for a peace officer if the peace officer reports or discloses conduct that is in violation of, or the peace officer reasonably believes is in violation of, any law or policy and the report or disclosure is a contributing factor in the employer of the peace officer's decision to take adverse employment action against the peace officer. A peace officer may seek the following damages:"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2025A"
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identifier: "HB 25-1031"
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citation: "Colorado HB 25-1031 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Byron Pelton", "Chad Clifford", "Dylan Roberts", "Jennifer Bacon"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0028f60d-976e-433d-8c44-c06d875e3581"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1031"
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source_hash: "4a4fc7f92dba3c07ce8d27e84173486b73e626a2fbf53e82aa027b07719dd103"
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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 25-1031 (2025A) — Law Enforcement Whistleblower Protection
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The act creates a civil cause of action for a peace officer if the peace officer reports or discloses conduct that is in violation of, or the peace officer reasonably believes is in violation of, any law or policy and the report or disclosure is a contributing factor in the employer of the peace officer's decision to take adverse employment action against the peace officer. A peace officer may seek the following damages:
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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](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_hb1031_s_jud_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/27/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1031_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1031_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1031_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (03/27/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1031_h_jud_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (04/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1031_s_jud_01.pdf)
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7. **Reengrossed (03/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1031_ren.pdf)
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8. **Rerevised (04/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1031_rer.pdf)
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9. **Revised (04/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1031_rev.pdf)
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10. **Signed Act (06/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1031_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
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- REPASS — **64–0** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR — **63–1** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Byron Pelton — primary (person)
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- Chad Clifford — primary (person)
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- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
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- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
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- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
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- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
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- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Woog — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
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- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
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- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
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- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
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- L. García — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Brooks — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
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- R. English — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Winter — cosponsor (person)
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- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
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- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2025-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2025-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2025-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2025-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `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/0028f60d-976e-433d-8c44-c06d875e3581`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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