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type: "Bill"
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title: "Authorize Legislative Fellows"
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description: "The act authorizes the legislative council to approve agreements between the director of research of the legislative council and nonpartisan organizations to place nonpartisan legislative policy fellows (fellows) in the legislative council staff. The act also specifies the types of work that fellows may do, requires the director of research to retain supervisory authority over fellows, including over the terms and conditions of the fellowship, and requires any work product produced by a fellow during the fellowship to remain the property of the general assembly during and after the conclusion of the fellowship. The legislative council is prohibited from approving any agreement between the director of research of the legislative council and a nonpartisan organization that is registered as a lobbyist with the secretary of state to place a fellow in the legislative council staff."
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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 25-309"
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citation: "Colorado SB 25-309 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cleave Simpson", "Kyle Brown", "Mary Bradfield"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-04-24T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2326839c-96a1-4726-835d-346068a4670e"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-309"
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source_hash: "b7d2c3fca294f0d74595a3d43cdcd5800b6920ff9283a7bd5d1d82d50a4924c1"
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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 25-309 (2025A) — Authorize Legislative Fellows
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The act authorizes the legislative council to approve agreements between the director of research of the legislative council and nonpartisan organizations to place nonpartisan legislative policy fellows (fellows) in the legislative council staff. The act also specifies the types of work that fellows may do, requires the director of research to retain supervisory authority over fellows, including over the terms and conditions of the fellowship, and requires any work product produced by a fellow during the fellowship to remain the property of the general assembly during and after the conclusion of the fellowship. The legislative council is prohibited from approving any agreement between the director of research of the legislative council and a nonpartisan organization that is registered as a lobbyist with the secretary of state to place a fellow in the legislative council staff.
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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_sb309_h_fin_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_309_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/15/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_309_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (04/24/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_309_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_309_rn2.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (05/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_309_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (05/06/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_309_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (05/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_309_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · upper
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- AMD — **63–0** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **44–20** (pass) · lower
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- REPASS — **34–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
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- Kyle Brown — primary (person)
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- Mary Bradfield — primary (person)
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- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
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- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
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- L. García — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Baisley — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
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- **2025-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee of the Whole Amendment - Change from Lost to Passed
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- **2025-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
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- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-24T06:00:00+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/2326839c-96a1-4726-835d-346068a4670e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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