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type: "Bill"
title: "Adjust Necessary Document Program"
description: "Beginning on July 1, 2027, the act adjusts aspects of the necessary document program (program) administered by the office of health equity (office) in the department of public health and environment, which program assists certain populations of Colorado residents with paying the fees to acquire necessary documents related to an individual's identity, citizenship, or other vital statistics. The act clarifies that an individual who is eligible under the program may obtain necessary documents without charge at participating division of motor vehicles locations, participating vital statistics offices, or participating mobile units or from authorized representatives that offer driver's licenses, identification card services, or vital statistics certificates and reports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "SB 25-008"
citation: "Colorado SB 25-008 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cathy Kipp", "Meg Froelich", "Nick Hinrichsen"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/060c4029-d552-44f3-9c51-d3a4525f4e4b"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-008"
source_hash: "041011324af39c6c1658fb739a9b5a3756eb3584ccf9db1d635860539e399be5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---
# Colorado SB 25-008 (2025A) — Adjust Necessary Document Program
Beginning on July 1, 2027, the act adjusts aspects of the necessary document program (program) administered by the office of health equity (office) in the department of public health and environment, which program assists certain populations of Colorado residents with paying the fees to acquire necessary documents related to an individual's identity, citizenship, or other vital statistics. The act clarifies that an individual who is eligible under the program may obtain necessary documents without charge at participating division of motor vehicles locations, participating vital statistics offices, or participating mobile units or from authorized representatives that offer driver's licenses, identification card services, or vital statistics certificates and reports.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_sb008_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/17/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_008_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_008_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_008_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_008_s_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/23/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_008_h_thl_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/21/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_008_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_008_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_008_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/19/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_008_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **4322** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **2312** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **320** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **2111** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Meg Froelich — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`
- **2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/060c4029-d552-44f3-9c51-d3a4525f4e4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).