republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2025a/hb-25-1281.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	Title Register & Drive Kei Vehicles	A kei vehicle is the smallest road-legal, 4-wheeled vehicle in Japan and is imported into the United States as a used vehicle. The act defines a kei vehicle as a motor vehicle for the purposes of the "Uniform Motor Vehicle Law" and the "Certificate of Title Act". These acts govern issuing a certificate of title, registering a motor vehicle, and the rules of the road for motor vehicles. The act authorizes a kei vehicle to operate on the roads and requires a kei vehicle to be issued a certificate of title, be registered, and obey motor vehicle traffic laws.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2025A	HB 25-1281	Colorado HB 25-1281 (2025A)	bill		enacted	Byron Pelton Larry Don Suckla Nick Hinrichsen William Lindstedt	11	15	2	2025-02-20T07:00:00+00:00	2025-05-09T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/bb64a84f-0ff0-4241-951e-0d17d1cc3a4e	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1281	0d1d7b11c92948ac39670e0c11e9ff5c41f9b7e4ca2150cd84a149f55d40058d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 25-1281 (2025A) — Title Register & Drive Kei Vehicles

A kei vehicle is the smallest road-legal, 4-wheeled vehicle in Japan and is imported into the United States as a used vehicle. The act defines a kei vehicle as a motor vehicle for the purposes of the "Uniform Motor Vehicle Law" and the "Certificate of Title Act". These acts govern issuing a certificate of title, registering a motor vehicle, and the rules of the road for motor vehicles. The act authorizes a kei vehicle to operate on the roads and requires a kei vehicle to be issued a certificate of title, be registered, and obey motor vehicle traffic laws.

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 (05/07/2025) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/20/2025) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/13/2025) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/01/2025) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (04/11/2025) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (04/14/2025) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (05/01/2025) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (04/30/2025) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (05/09/2025) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 64–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Byron Pelton — primary (person)
• Larry Don Suckla — primary (person)
• Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)
• William Lindstedt — primary (person)
• A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
• A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
• C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
• E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
• J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
• J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
• J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
• J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
• K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
• L. García — cosponsor (person)
• M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
• M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
• R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2025-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy 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
• 2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2025-03-12T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Finance referral-committee
• 2025-02-20T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb64a84f-0ff0-4241-951e-0d17d1cc3a4e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).