HJR 25-1021 Colorado House · 2025 Regular Session

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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What changed between versions

Signed Act (03/13/2025) Revised (03/05/2025) · 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

330
Passed
Total votes 33
Mar 5, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican12
12 Yea
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
Photo of Cathy Kipp
Cathy Kipp
DDemocratic
CO
14
P
FW
Faith Winter
DDemocratic
CO
25
P
Photo of Lindsay Gilchrist
Lindsay Gilchrist
DDemocratic
CO
8
P
LG
Lorena García
DDemocratic
CO
35
Co
Photo of Alex Valdez
Alex Valdez
DDemocratic
CO
5
Co
Photo of Amy Paschal
Amy Paschal
DDemocratic
CO
18
Co
Photo of Andy Boesenecker
Andy Boesenecker
DDemocratic
CO
53
Co
Photo of Barbara Kirkmeyer
Barbara Kirkmeyer
RRepublican
CO
23
Co
Photo of Brandi Bradley
Brandi Bradley
RRepublican
CO
39
Co
Photo of Brianna Titone
Brianna Titone
DDemocratic
CO
27
Co
Photo of Byron Pelton
Byron Pelton
RRepublican
CO
1
Co
Photo of Carlos Barron
Carlos Barron
RRepublican
CO
48
Co
Photo of Cecelia Espenoza
Cecelia Espenoza
DDemocratic
CO
4
Co
Photo of Chad Clifford
Chad Clifford
DDemocratic
CO
37