republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2025a/hb-25-1163.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Free Access to State Parks for Colorado Ute Tribes	The act allows enrolled members of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and enrolled members of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe to enter state parks without having to pay an entrance fee. By June 1, 2026, the division of parks and wildlife (division) in the department of natural resources (department) shall build on existing efforts to conduct outreach to and engagement with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, other tribal governments, American Indian communities, and Indigenous communities about opportunities related to state parks that are managed by the division. In January 2026 and January 2027, the department shall include, as part of its presentation during its "SMART Act" hearing, information concerning the division's outreach and engagement about opportunities related to state parks.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2025A	HB 25-1163	Colorado HB 25-1163 (2025A)	bill		enacted	Cleave Simpson Dylan Roberts Katie Stewart Rick Taggart	9	16	2	2025-02-03T07:00:00+00:00	2025-05-29T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/8d0cd815-d1ed-4773-8a67-c879a79a428a	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1163	ced2047128c51253e771384a8a3b541d4ed6f086708fe3fb42b4f9e17c7d69d1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 25-1163 (2025A) — Free Access to State Parks for Colorado Ute Tribes

The act allows enrolled members of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and enrolled members of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe to enter state parks without having to pay an entrance fee. By June 1, 2026, the division of parks and wildlife (division) in the department of natural resources (department) shall build on existing efforts to conduct outreach to and engagement with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, other tribal governments, American Indian communities, and Indigenous communities about opportunities related to state parks that are managed by the division. In January 2026 and January 2027, the department shall include, as part of its presentation during its "SMART Act" hearing, information concerning the division's outreach and engagement about opportunities related to state parks.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/11/2025) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/12/2025) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/03/2025) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/04/2025) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (04/14/2025) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/06/2025) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (05/02/2025) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (05/29/2025) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 63–1 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 31–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
• Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
• Katie Stewart — primary (person)
• Rick Taggart — primary (person)
• A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
• A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
• B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
• B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
• D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
• E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
• E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
• J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
• J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
• J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
• J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
• L. Feret — cosponsor (person)
• L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
• L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
• M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
• M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
• M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
• P. Lundeen — cosponsor (person)
• R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
• R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
• R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
• S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
• S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
• W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-05-29T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2025-05-12T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-12T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2025-05-12T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources introduction
• 2025-04-14T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2025-04-08T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2025-04-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-02-24T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2025-02-03T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8d0cd815-d1ed-4773-8a67-c879a79a428a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).