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type: "Bill"
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title: "Statewide Government Language Access Assessment"
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description: "The act requires the department of personnel (department), in partnership with the office of new Americans, to conduct or contract to conduct a statewide language access assessment of the readiness of principal departments to meet the language access standards outlined in the language access universal policy (assessment). The assessment covers all principal departments except the department of state, the department of the treasury, and the department of law (principal departments). The assessment must identify:"
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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 25-1153"
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citation: "Colorado HB 25-1153 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth Velasco", "Iman Jodeh", "Junie Joseph"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-29T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e2086da-dc66-4182-9bdb-ccec19cb38db"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1153"
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source_hash: "cada71dfdd184b5a58ed3880fa89a779a7172ec413a4a5083b25bb5c78e6e861"
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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 25-1153 (2025A) — Statewide Government Language Access Assessment
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The act requires the department of personnel (department), in partnership with the office of new Americans, to conduct or contract to conduct a statewide language access assessment of the readiness of principal departments to meet the language access standards outlined in the language access universal policy (assessment). The assessment covers all principal departments except the department of state, the department of the treasury, and the department of law (principal departments). The assessment must identify:
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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_hb1153_s_app_002.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/22/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1153_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1153_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1153_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (02/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1153_h_sa_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (04/22/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1153_h_sa_app_01.pdf)
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7. **Reengrossed (04/23/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1153_ren.pdf)
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8. **Rerevised (05/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1153_rer.pdf)
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9. **Revised (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1153_rev.pdf)
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10. **Signed Act (05/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1153_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **42–22** (pass) · lower
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- ADOPT REPORT — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **25–9** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Elizabeth Velasco — primary (person)
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- Iman Jodeh — primary (person)
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- Junie Joseph — primary (person)
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- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Ball — 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. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
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- **2025-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2025-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans 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/0e2086da-dc66-4182-9bdb-ccec19cb38db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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