HB 25-1098: Automated Protection Order Victim Notification System - Colorado

Rerevised (05/02/2025) → Revised (05/01/2025) · 7 edits

MODERATE

The bill was revised to correct the statute section number from 24-33.5-539 to 24-33.5-537, update the Senate sponsorship list, and modify the notification requirements for the automated protection order system. The most significant change adds new provisions allowing the Division to send notifications via telephone calls, emails, text messages, or mobile phone applications, and permits contracting with third-party entities to operate a 24/7 support center.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include additional notification methods (telephone, email, text, mobile app) and authorized third-party contracting for system operation.

TECHNICAL

Corrected the statute section number from 24-33.5-539 to 24-33.5-537 in the Colorado Revised Statutes.

Removed the 'Amended 3rd Reading May 2, 2025' stamp and updated the revision date stamp to reflect 'Revised' instead of 'Rerevised'.

Removed several Senate sponsors from the sponsorship list (Amabile, Bridges, Carson, Coleman, Cutter, Daugherty, Exum, Hinrichsen, Jodeh, Kipp, Mullica, Roberts, Simpson, Snyder, Wallace, Weissman, Winter F.).

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement that the Division must disseminate protection order information via telephone call, email, text message, or mobile phone application.

Added requirement that third-party entities must operate a support center open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Added requirement that third-party entities must be able to send emails and text messages to registered users through a mobile phone application.

FISCAL

Added provision allowing the Division to contract with third-party entities to provide automated protection order notification system functionality.

PA2 (04/11/2025) → Rerevised (05/02/2025) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from 24-33.5-537 to 24-33.5-539 and underwent significant restructuring of its notification requirements. The most substantive change involves reordering and clarifying the specific information that must be disseminated to victims and registered users regarding protection orders, firearm denial records, and extreme risk protection orders. The version also includes expanded Senate and House sponsorship lists and updated committee assignments.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on establishing an automated protection order notification system, but the specific data points required for notification were reorganized and clarified to ensure all relevant order types and firearm eligibility statuses are clearly communicated to victims.

REQUIREMENT

The sequence of information items to be reported was reorganized. The requirement to report whether an extreme risk protection order was issued was moved from item (c) to item (d), and the requirement to report firearm denial status was moved from item (d) to item (e), with a new item (f) added for firearm purchase application eligibility.

DEFINITION

The bill section number was changed from 24-33.5-537 to 24-33.5-539 in the Colorado Revised Statutes.

TECHNICAL

Additional sponsors were added to both House and Senate sponsorship lists, and the bill was marked as amended during 2nd and 3rd readings in both chambers.

PA1 (02/12/2025) → PA2 (04/11/2025) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reorganized to clarify its structure by adding a new subsection (10) that explicitly requires the Division to establish an automated protection order notification system. This system must provide protected persons and their families with critical information about protection orders, including service dates, expiration notices, and firearm eligibility status. The changes also refine the system's operational requirements, ensuring compatibility with existing state victim notification systems and specifying third-party contractor capabilities.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded by adding a new requirement for the Division to establish an automated notification system, while the overall applicability to protection order recipients remains unchanged.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new subsection (10) requiring the Division to establish an automated protection order notification system to provide timely information to protected persons and their families.

Reorganized the bill's numbering structure to accommodate the new subsection, shifting existing subsections to maintain logical flow.

TECHNICAL

Added reference to subsection (10) in the appropriations language to ensure the new system requirement is covered under available funding.

Final Act (05/16/2025) → PA1 (02/12/2025) · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill was amended to remove the requirement that the automated protection order notification system wait for sufficient funding from gifts, grants, or donations before implementation, allowing the Division of Criminal Justice to proceed with the system immediately. The effective date was also changed from July 1, 2025, to upon passage, and the anticipated federal funding amount was removed. Additionally, liability immunity for public entities was expanded to cover cases where information was not released due to gross negligence.

Scope change

The bill's implementation timeline changed from a future effective date to immediate effect upon passage, and the funding requirement was eliminated to allow faster deployment of the notification system.

FISCAL

Removed the requirement that the division wait to receive sufficient funding from gifts, grants, donations, or federal funds before establishing the automated protection order notification system.

Deleted the provision anticipating $500,000 in federal funds for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date from July 1, 2025, to upon passage of the bill.

Revised the applicability dates for sections 1 and 2 from August 6, 2025, to upon passage.

REQUIREMENT

Expanded public entity liability immunity to explicitly include cases where information was not released due to gross negligence.

Signed Act (06/02/2025) → Final Act (05/16/2025) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was finalized and prepared for Governor's signature, with minor formatting adjustments and reorganization of text. The substantive policy content regarding the automated protection order notification system remains unchanged from the earlier version.

TECHNICAL

Added note indicating the bill has been prepared for signatures of legislative officers and the Governor.

Reorganized text layout with changes in capitalization and formatting of section headers.

Removed explanatory text about how to interpret the bill markup (capital letters, bold numbers, dashes).

Reengrossed (04/15/2025) → Signed Act (06/02/2025) · 8 edits · Jun 2, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was reengrossed to add more Senate sponsors and expand the notification system's scope to include extreme risk protection orders and firearm denial records. It also added new funding provisions, clarified the system's compatibility with existing victim notification systems, and adjusted effective dates for different sections of the law.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) and firearm purchase denial records in the automated notification system, and it now explicitly requires compatibility with the state's existing automated victim notification system.

SCOPE

Added notification requirements for Extreme Risk Protection Orders issued under Article 14.5 of Title 13.

Added notification requirements for when a restrained person is denied firearm purchase or transfer due to a background check.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement that the notification system must be compatible with the state's existing automated victim notification system.

FISCAL

Added a new section anticipating $500,000 in federal funds for 2025-26, subject to annual appropriation act notation.

Added specific restrictions on funding sources, including requirements to use gifts, grants, or donations before operating the system, and prohibitions on general fund appropriations.

TIMELINE

Changed effective dates: Section 1 and 2 now take effect August 6, 2025, while Section 3 takes effect only if a related bill (HB 25-1148) becomes law.

DEFINITION

Added new section number 24-33.5-539 (was 24-33.5-537) and reorganized the statute numbering.

ENFORCEMENT

Added immunity from civil liability for public entities releasing or failing to release information related to the notification system.

Engrossed (04/14/2025) → Reengrossed (04/15/2025) · 3 edits · May 2, 2025

MINOR

This bill was reengrossed to add five new co-sponsors to the House sponsorship list and update the document header to reflect that amendments have been adopted. The substantive policy content regarding criminal justice data sharing appears unchanged in this diff, with only formatting and sponsorship information modified.

TECHNICAL

Added five new co-sponsors (Bacon, Bird, Boesenecker, Clifford, Froelich, Hamrick, Jackson, Lieder, Lindsay, Valdez) to the House sponsorship list.

Updated document header from 'ENGROSSED' to 'REENGROSSED' and added a note about the 3rd Reading Unamended status with a date of April 15, 2025.

Removed a note stating that the summary does not reflect amendments that may be subsequently adopted.

Introduced (01/27/2025) → Engrossed (04/14/2025) · 6 edits · May 2, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was amended to rename the system from 'Automated Protection Order Victim Notification System' to 'Automated Protection Order Notification System' and to expand the types of information it must provide to registered users. The changes also updated definitions for key terms like 'victim' and 'interested person' to include broader categories such as 'protected person' and 'restrained person', and added new notification requirements about extreme risk protection orders.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include not just victims but also protected persons and their immediate families, and to cover information related to extreme risk protection orders in addition to standard protection orders.

DEFINITION

Renamed the system from 'victim notification system' to 'notification system' and redefined 'interested person' to include advocates rather than just victim rights advocates.

Added new definitions for 'protected person' and 'restrained person' to clarify who the system serves and who is subject to protection orders.

REQUIREMENT

Added new notification requirements to inform registered users when an extreme risk protection order is issued against the restrained person.

Changed the notification methods to include email in addition to telephone calls, text messages, and mobile applications.

Added a requirement for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to share data with the division to enable the notification system.

Updated the third-party contractor requirements to include sending text messages and added data-sharing security standards to protect information.

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