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type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Code of Military Justice Updates"
description: "The act incorporates the federal \"Uniform Code of Military Justice\" (federal code) into the \"Colorado Code of Military Justice\" (state code), including specifically the punitive articles and general article of the federal code, which describe punishable offenses, and the statute of limitations that applies to charges brought pursuant to the state code. The act repeals sections of the state code that are duplicative of the incorporated federal code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "SB 25-279"
citation: "Colorado SB 25-279 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Hartsook", "Byron Pelton", "Matt Ball", "Monica Duran"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-04T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/994ea7f7-9874-4e1f-9849-d453ffeaf685"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-279"
source_hash: "05b0ae04b257002be6e576af4c2328ab5ddaee2a46d609c6443e334fc1f22bf1"
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 25-279 (2025A) — Colorado Code of Military Justice Updates
The act incorporates the federal "Uniform Code of Military Justice" (federal code) into the "Colorado Code of Military Justice" (state code), including specifically the punitive articles and general article of the federal code, which describe punishable offenses, and the statute of limitations that applies to charges brought pursuant to the state code. The act repeals sections of the state code that are duplicative of the incorporated federal code.
## 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_sb279_h_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_279_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_279_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_279_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_279_s_sa_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_279_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_279_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_279_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_279_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **59–2** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Anthony Hartsook — primary (person)
- Byron Pelton — primary (person)
- Matt Ball — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Feret — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Armagost — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-06-04T06:00:00+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** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2025-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/994ea7f7-9874-4e1f-9849-d453ffeaf685`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).