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type: "Bill"
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title: "Requirements for Better Understanding Metropolitan Districts"
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description: "The act requires that, in addition to notice requirements under the Colorado open meetings law, notice of annual public meetings held by metropolitan districts be mailed, at the lowest-cost option, to eligible electors within the metropolitan district or sent by email to any email addresses that eligible electors have provided to the metropolitan district for the purpose of receiving communication from the metropolitan district. Additionally, notice of the annual meeting must be either posted on the homepage of the metropolitan district's website or accessible by a link on the homepage. The act also requires, for any special district, that, if the annual meeting is held at a physical location and in a year immediately preceding a year in which a regular special district election will be held, there be available hard copies of self-nomination and acceptance forms, which are forms required to be filed for an eligible elector to be a candidate for a board position at a special district election."
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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 25-1219"
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citation: "Colorado HB 25-1219 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Carlos Barron", "Jacque Phillips", "Kyle Mullica", "Lisa Frizell"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-02-11T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfeffd3c-c908-409b-ba5a-01ec33765d5d"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1219"
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source_hash: "1e2f3beae93b5efb217bc2a3e462f765775cca5974e919968725acc9b6b87064"
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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 25-1219 (2025A) — Requirements for Better Understanding Metropolitan Districts
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The act requires that, in addition to notice requirements under the Colorado open meetings law, notice of annual public meetings held by metropolitan districts be mailed, at the lowest-cost option, to eligible electors within the metropolitan district or sent by email to any email addresses that eligible electors have provided to the metropolitan district for the purpose of receiving communication from the metropolitan district. Additionally, notice of the annual meeting must be either posted on the homepage of the metropolitan district's website or accessible by a link on the homepage. The act also requires, for any special district, that, if the annual meeting is held at a physical location and in a year immediately preceding a year in which a regular special district election will be held, there be available hard copies of self-nomination and acceptance forms, which are forms required to be filed for an eligible elector to be a candidate for a board position at a special district election.
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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_hb1219_s_lgh_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/17/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1219_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/12/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1219_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (02/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1219_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (03/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1219_h_thl_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (04/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1219_s_lgh_01.pdf)
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7. **Reengrossed (03/19/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1219_ren.pdf)
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8. **Rerevised (04/17/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1219_rer.pdf)
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9. **Revised (04/16/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1219_rev.pdf)
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10. **Signed Act (05/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1219_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- REPASS — **53–11** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **31–4** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **53–11** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR — **62–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Carlos Barron — primary (person)
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- Jacque Phillips — primary (person)
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- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
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- Lisa Frizell — primary (person)
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- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
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- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
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- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
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- **2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2025-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing `introduction`
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- **2025-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2025-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2025-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `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/cfeffd3c-c908-409b-ba5a-01ec33765d5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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