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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clarifying Validity of Common Law Marriage"
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description: "Senate Bill 25-014, enacted in 2025, repealed a provision of law that stated certain marriage formality requirements do not invalidate an otherwise valid common law marriage. The act restores that provision to clarify the validity of common law marriage.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2026A"
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identifier: "HB 1218"
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citation: "Colorado HB 1218 (2026A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Children & Domestic Matters"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["B. Bradley", "C. Espenoza", "M. Ball", "M. Carter", "M. Catlin", "S. Luck"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-17"
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last_action: "2026-05-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4fda8d6-087e-408b-a35a-70bf31879a55"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1218"
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source_hash: "8b394e6087ae719a8a2fa59c782277e917052f40298b42b0612eec016c9ac359"
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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 HB 1218 (2026A) — Clarifying Validity of Common Law Marriage
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Senate Bill 25-014, enacted in 2025, repealed a provision of law that stated certain marriage formality requirements do not invalidate an otherwise valid common law marriage. The act restores that provision to clarify the validity of common law marriage.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112094/download)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112989/download)
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3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115361/download)
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4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113039/download)
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5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114215/download)
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6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114147/download)
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7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115955/download)
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## Votes
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- Refer House Bill 26-1218 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Refer House Bill 26-1218 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- B. Bradley — primary (person)
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- C. Espenoza — primary (person)
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- M. Ball — primary (person)
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- M. Carter — primary (person)
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- M. Catlin — primary (person)
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- S. Luck — primary (person)
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- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-05-05** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/02/2026 - No Amendments
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- **2026-05-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-01** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-05-01** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2026-04-07** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-04-06** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-31** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
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- **2026-03-09** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-06** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
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- **2026-03-05** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-17** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans 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/a4fda8d6-087e-408b-a35a-70bf31879a55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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