republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2025a/hb-25-1114.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defense Review of Tangible Object for Criminal Trial"
description: "The act grants a right for defense counsel to review a tangible object related to a criminal case at least 35 days before a trial, except for cases involving sexually exploitative material, and create confidential work product following their review. Law enforcement shall designate a specific location for the evidence viewing and be present during the evidence viewing to ensure chain of custody and integrity of the evidence. The act does not limit the defense's ability to request testing or a hearing, or the court's ability to conduct a hearing, on a tangible piece of evidence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1114"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1114 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cecelia Espenoza", "Julie Gonzales", "Michael Carter", "Mike Weissman"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36c59e9b-2737-4f5c-9e99-306fefc825dd"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1114"
source_hash: "53f9170b352259bb10967257ffec48dd1241eb8afde9e01605459087ba6b26cf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 25-1114 (2025A) — Defense Review of Tangible Object for Criminal Trial

The act grants a right for defense counsel to review a tangible object related to a criminal case at least 35 days before a trial, except for cases involving sexually exploitative material, and create confidential work product following their review. Law enforcement shall designate a specific location for the evidence viewing and be present during the evidence viewing to ensure chain of custody and integrity of the evidence. The act does not limit the defense's ability to request testing or a hearing, or the court's ability to conduct a hearing, on a tangible piece of evidence.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_hb1114_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1114_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/20/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1114_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/27/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1114_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1114_h_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/06/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1114_s_jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/18/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1114_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1114_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/06/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1114_rv3.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (03/26/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1114_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **19–42** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **41–21** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **22–39** (fail) · lower
- REPASS — **40–22** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **42–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cecelia Espenoza — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Michael Carter — primary (person)
- Mike Weissman — primary (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2025-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2025-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2025-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36c59e9b-2737-4f5c-9e99-306fefc825dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).