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type: "Bill"
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title: "Forensic Science Integrity"
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description: "The act defines \"knowing misconduct\" as a voluntary act or omission or series of acts or omissions consciously performed by a crime laboratory employee (employee) as a result of effort or determination in which the employee is aware that the employee's conduct is improper or deceptive and involves mishandling physical evidence or data or results, incorrectly performing forensic testing, presenting misleading or false results, concealing material information, or presenting false sworn testimony about evidence. The act defines a \"significant event\" as an act or omission by an employee that is a gross deviation from the standard operation procedures or accreditation requirements of the crime laboratory, or requirements in law that were applicable at the time of the act or omission of the employee, that could substantially negatively affect the integrity of the crime laboratory activities."
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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 25-1275"
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citation: "Colorado HB 25-1275 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Frizell", "Matt Soper", "Mike Weissman", "Yara Zokaie"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-19T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96e2e383-60c4-4711-bf85-78a46d2dc90f"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1275"
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source_hash: "2ba579baaf559a06e45a7b9fc27e7939f4e9869df29590d10663a2588d040070"
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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 25-1275 (2025A) — Forensic Science Integrity
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The act defines "knowing misconduct" as a voluntary act or omission or series of acts or omissions consciously performed by a crime laboratory employee (employee) as a result of effort or determination in which the employee is aware that the employee's conduct is improper or deceptive and involves mishandling physical evidence or data or results, incorrectly performing forensic testing, presenting misleading or false results, concealing material information, or presenting false sworn testimony about evidence. The act defines a "significant event" as an act or omission by an employee that is a gross deviation from the standard operation procedures or accreditation requirements of the crime laboratory, or requirements in law that were applicable at the time of the act or omission of the employee, that could substantially negatively affect the integrity of the crime laboratory activities.
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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_hb1275_s_app_002.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/15/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1275_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/15/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1275_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (02/19/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1275_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (03/28/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1275_h_jud_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (04/15/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1275_h_jud_app_01.pdf)
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7. **Reengrossed (04/16/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1275_ren.pdf)
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8. **Rerevised (04/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1275_rer.pdf)
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9. **Revised (04/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1275_rev.pdf)
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10. **Signed Act (06/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1275_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **65–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lisa Frizell — primary (person)
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- Matt Soper — primary (person)
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- Mike Weissman — primary (person)
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- Yara Zokaie — 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. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
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- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Carson — 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. Marchman — 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. Stewart — 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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- L. García — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Baisley — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Carter — 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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- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Stewart — 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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- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Sullivan — 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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- **2025-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19T07:00:00+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/96e2e383-60c4-4711-bf85-78a46d2dc90f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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