republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2025a/sb-25-298.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove Term Homosexuality from Criminal Code"
description: "The act removes the term \"homosexuality\" from the definition of sexual conduct in the sexually explicit materials harmful to children part of the \"Colorado Criminal Code\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "SB 25-298"
citation: "Colorado SB 25-298 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lindsey Daugherty", "Mandy Lindsay", "Meghan Lukens", "Paul Lundeen"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86e20e1e-de1b-4875-bec5-cc8f44d8a78b"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-298"
source_hash: "4ba499e83192bfb0c68be3bced7a87427046807686e29b91639604adc676c39a"
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 25-298 (2025A) — Remove Term Homosexuality from Criminal Code

The act removes the term "homosexuality" from the definition of sexual conduct in the sexually explicit materials harmful to children part of the "Colorado Criminal 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_sb298_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/24/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_298_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_298_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/16/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_298_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_298_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_298_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_298_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_298_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)
- Mandy Lindsay — primary (person)
- Meghan Lukens — primary (person)
- Paul Lundeen — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Feret — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-05-30T06:00:00+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`
- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86e20e1e-de1b-4875-bec5-cc8f44d8a78b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).