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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electronic Communications in Health Care"
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description: "Subject to specific requirements, the act allows a notice to or from a party or other document required by law in an insurance transaction that is related to a provision of a health insurance contract or that is to serve as evidence of health insurance coverage to be delivered, stored, and presented by electronic means if the electronic means meet the requirements of the \"Uniform Electronic Transactions Act\". The delivery of a notice or document by electronic means is considered the equivalent to and has the same effect as any other delivery method required by law. The act requires health insurance carriers to deliver paper communications to any individuals that may elect to receive paper communications upon request."
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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: "SB 25-010"
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citation: "Colorado SB 25-010 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Byron Pelton", "Kyle Brown", "Kyle Mullica"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-03-14T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4576b2a4-14ad-4663-ada6-b61fedbf4d69"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-010"
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source_hash: "e12dc74c8c6fe9020267476d5e275986039212c6cf22e88cd045f9af98b39a46"
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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 SB 25-010 (2025A) — Electronic Communications in Health Care
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Subject to specific requirements, the act allows a notice to or from a party or other document required by law in an insurance transaction that is related to a provision of a health insurance contract or that is to serve as evidence of health insurance coverage to be delivered, stored, and presented by electronic means if the electronic means meet the requirements of the "Uniform Electronic Transactions Act". The delivery of a notice or document by electronic means is considered the equivalent to and has the same effect as any other delivery method required by law. The act requires health insurance carriers to deliver paper communications to any individuals that may elect to receive paper communications upon request.
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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_sb010_h_hhs_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (02/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_010_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (03/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_010_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_010_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (02/05/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_010_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (02/18/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_010_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (02/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_010_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (03/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_010_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Byron Pelton — primary (person)
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- Kyle Brown — primary (person)
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- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
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- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
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- F. Winter — 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. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
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- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
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- L. García — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
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- R. English — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Jaquez Lewis — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2025-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
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- **2025-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2025-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `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/4576b2a4-14ad-4663-ada6-b61fedbf4d69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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