February 28 Rare Disease Day
This joint resolution declares February 28, 2025, as Rare Disease Day in Colorado to raise awareness about rare diseases. It directly affects Colorado residents living with rare diseases - over 500,000 people - and their families, recognizing the challenges they face, including high medical costs and limited treatments. The resolution makes no new policy changes but symbolically honors those impacted by urging the state to "show our stripes" in solidarity. It references national statistics (e.g., 1 in 10 Americans affected) and the "zebra" awareness symbol for rare conditions, without creating any legal obligations or funding.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 19, 2025
Last action Mar 13, 2025
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Signed Act (03/13/2025)
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Revised (03/05/2025)
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5 edits
MODERATE
The bill underwent significant reformatting and reorganization, moving from a simple House Joint Resolution format to a more formal legislative document with proper session headers, committee assignments, and amendment markings. The substantive policy content regarding Rare Disease Day declaration remained unchanged, with only the presentation and formatting structure being modified.
TECHNICAL
Added formal session headers including 'First Regular Session', 'Seventy-fifth General Assembly', and 'State of Colorado' with revision date stamps
Reorganized sponsor listings to separate House and Senate sponsors with proper formatting and removed duplicate entries
Added amendment notation instructions explaining shading conventions for House and Senate amendments
Reordered WHEREAS clauses and renumbered resolution clauses for proper legislative formatting
Added page numbers and revision tracking information throughout the document
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2025 · House Feb 28, 2025
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Mar 5, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican12
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
0
Mar 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to
lower
4 primary · 83 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cathy Kipp
DDemocratic
P
FW
Faith Winter
DDemocratic
P
Lindsay Gilchrist
DDemocratic
P
LG
Lorena García
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Valdez
DDemocratic
Co
Amy Paschal
DDemocratic
Co
Andy Boesenecker
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Kirkmeyer
RRepublican
Co
Brandi Bradley
RRepublican
Co
Brianna Titone
DDemocratic
Co
Byron Pelton
RRepublican
Co
Carlos Barron
RRepublican
Co
Cecelia Espenoza
DDemocratic
Co
Chad Clifford
DDemocratic
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