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type: "Bill"
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title: "Deoxyribonucleic Acid & Sexual Assault Kit Backlog Testing & Data"
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description: "The act requires the Colorado bureau of investigation (CBI) to spend $3,000,000 in specifically appropriated money from House Bill 24-1430, concerning the provision for payment of the expenses of the executive, legislative, and judicial departments of the state of Colorado, and of its agencies and institutions, for and during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, except as otherwise noted, on backlogged DNA evidence and sexual assault kit tests, as well as DNA retesting related to CBI's laboratory misconduct that was discovered in 2023. Additionally, the act allows CBI to contract with external labs to perform the testing."
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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 25-170"
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citation: "Colorado SB 25-170 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Emily Sirota", "Judy Amabile", "Shannon Bird"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 13
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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: "2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3906de43-7030-44c8-97b4-2d0f93136e6e"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-170"
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source_hash: "8839997d9955632d563a1bc7d0a80612b84bdb49d8986e7d43e3af50c8d2d759"
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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 25-170 (2025A) — Deoxyribonucleic Acid & Sexual Assault Kit Backlog Testing & Data
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The act requires the Colorado bureau of investigation (CBI) to spend $3,000,000 in specifically appropriated money from House Bill 24-1430, concerning the provision for payment of the expenses of the executive, legislative, and judicial departments of the state of Colorado, and of its agencies and institutions, for and during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, except as otherwise noted, on backlogged DNA evidence and sexual assault kit tests, as well as DNA retesting related to CBI's laboratory misconduct that was discovered in 2023. Additionally, the act allows CBI to contract with external labs to perform the testing.
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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_sb170_h_app_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_170_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (03/19/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_170_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_170_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (03/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_170_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (03/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_170_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (03/12/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_170_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (03/26/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_170_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **60–0** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
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- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
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- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
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- Shannon Bird — primary (person)
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- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
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- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Barron — 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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- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
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- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
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- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bridges — 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. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Garcia Sander — cosponsor (person)
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- L. García — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — 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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- M. Soper — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Armagost — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Taggart — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Winter — cosponsor (person)
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- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
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- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2025-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2025-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
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- **2025-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `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/3906de43-7030-44c8-97b4-2d0f93136e6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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