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type: "Bill"
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title: "Protect Civil Rights Immigration Status"
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description: "Under current law, a person who does not have lawful immigration status must submit an affidavit stating that they have either applied for lawful presence or will apply for lawful presence as soon as they are eligible when the person is applying for:"
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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 25-276"
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citation: "Colorado SB 25-276 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth Velasco", "Julie Gonzales", "Lorena García", "Mike Weissman"]
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version_count: 12
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 13
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first_action: "2025-04-04T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-23T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/793abbb2-aefa-4a87-beef-c152b897777c"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-276"
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source_hash: "db76bde5efe0b44d22ed7248b419899042c4cf22ba2eb6416d0968e80aa9901d"
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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 25-276 (2025A) — Protect Civil Rights Immigration Status
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Under current law, a person who does not have lawful immigration status must submit an affidavit stating that they have either applied for lawful presence or will apply for lawful presence as soon as they are eligible when the person is applying for:
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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_sb276_h_app_003.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/15/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_276_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_276_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (04/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_276_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (04/09/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_276_s_sa_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (04/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_276_s_sa_app_01.pdf)
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7. **PA3 (04/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_276_h_jud_01.pdf)
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8. **PA4 (04/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_276_h_jud_app_01.pdf)
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9. **Reengrossed (04/21/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_276_ren.pdf)
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10. **Rerevised (05/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_276_rer.pdf)
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11. **Revised (05/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_276_rev.pdf)
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12. **Signed Act (05/23/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_276_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- COW * — **12–21** (fail) · upper
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- AMD — **22–41** (fail) · lower
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- AMD — **23–39** (fail) · lower
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- AMD — **23–39** (fail) · lower
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- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **42–21** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **22–13** (pass) · upper
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- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- REPASS — **23–12** (pass) · upper
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- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Elizabeth Velasco — primary (person)
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- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
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- Lorena García — primary (person)
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- Mike Weissman — 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. 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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- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
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- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
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- G. Rydin — 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. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Danielson — 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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- 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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- 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. Gilchrist — 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. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
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- R. English — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Mauro — 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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- 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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- **2025-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2025-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 04/21/2025 - No Amendments
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- **2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `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/793abbb2-aefa-4a87-beef-c152b897777c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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