Rod Pelton

This bill expands state-driven early childhood health programs by further integrating health-care systems into local communities and embedding more government oversight into early childhood services. CPAC opposes ever-growing social-service bureaucracies that crowd out private and faith-based solutions and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-04-30 by a vote of 25-10. The House passed this bill on 2025-05-05 by a vote of 42-22. The bill later became law.

This bill increases the criminal penalty for the theft of firearms and provides resources to enforce those tougher penalties. CPAC supports punishing criminals who steal guns instead of criminalizing lawful gun owners and supported this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-04-30 by a vote of 28-7. The House passed this bill on 2025-04-11 by a vote of 50-12. The bill later became law.

HB 1335 changes how the availability of certain state income tax credits is calculated by tying them to compound annual growth rate metrics, potentially restricting when taxpayers can benefit from them. CPAC opposes convoluted formulas that make genuine tax relief harder to access and opposed this bill. The Colorado Senate passed HB 1335 on May 5, 2025, in a 34-1 vote. The Colorado House passed HB 1335 on May 2, 2025, in a 56-7 vote. Governor Jared Polis signed the measure into law.

This bill creates new protections and enforcement mechanisms against alleged civil rights violations based on immigration status, making it harder for authorities and institutions to differentiate between legal residents and those here unlawfully. CPAC opposes efforts that blur the line between citizens and illegal immigrants and undermine immigration enforcement and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-04-21 by a vote of 22-13. The House passed this bill on 2025-05-03 by a vote of 42-21. The bill later became law.

This bill implements the child support commission’s recommended statutory changes and dedicates additional funding to administer those adjustments. CPAC is wary of ever-expanding family-court bureaucracies and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-05-05 by a vote of 32-3. The House passed this bill on 2025-04-28 by a vote of 51-14. The bill later became law.

This bill requires schools or related entities to distribute gun violence prevention materials to parents of K-12 students, embedding state-approved gun-control messaging into family communications. CPAC opposes using taxpayer-funded schools as vehicles for anti-Second Amendment propaganda and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on April 29, 2025, in a 21-11 vote. The House passed this bill on March 19, 2025, in a 43-21 vote. The bill later became law.

This bill limits and redirects severance tax revenues into a decarbonization tax credits administration cash fund and shuffles millions between that fund and the energy and carbon management cash fund to manage climate-focused tax credits. CPAC opposes siphoning energy-sector tax dollars into climate bureaucracy slush funds and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-04-28 by a vote of 27-7. The House passed this bill on 2025-05-01 by a vote of 43-20. The bill later became law.

This bill creates a process by which individuals can voluntarily place themselves on a list prohibiting them from purchasing firearms. CPAC is wary of any framework that normalizes surrendering constitutional rights and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-04-17 by a vote of 23-12. The House passed this bill on 2025-05-05 by a vote of 36-28. The bill later became law.

HB 1225 presumes visibly carrying a firearm while interacting with those engaged in canvassing, administering elections, or attempting to vote is “intimidation.” The measure allows those who claim they have endured “intimidation” to sue the individual holding the firearm. CPAC believes that lawful, responsible gun owners should not be treated the same as criminals brandishing weapons. Moreover, CPAC is concerned that this same standard could be applied in other contexts, making it increasingly difficult to lawfully carry firearms. For these reasons, CPAC opposes this bill. The Colorado Senate passed HB 1225 on April 28, 2025, in a 22-12 vote. The Colorado House of Representatives passed HB 1225 on April 1, 2025, in a 37-25 vote. Governor Jared Polis signed the measure into law.

This bill creates additional placement transition plan requirements meant to support children in out-of-home placements as they move into family-based settings. CPAC is concerned that layering more mandated planning onto an already overburdened system will add bureaucracy rather than real help and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-04-30 by a vote of 31-4. The House passed this bill on 2025-04-14 by a vote of 41-23. The bill later became law.

This bill creates a standardized process for federal firearms licensees to request firearm serial number checks and imposes penalties if they fail to file certain reports with law enforcement. CPAC opposes additional regulatory burdens that treat lawful gun dealers as suspects and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-04-08 by a vote of 23-11. The House passed this bill on 2025-04-25 by a vote of 36-27. The bill later became law.

This bill creates the Colorado Voting Rights Act and expands state election administration requirements, inviting more lawsuits, race-based redistricting claims, and micromanagement of local elections. CPAC opposes turning election administration into a litigation playground and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-03-31 by a vote of 22-12. The bill later became law.

This bill reauthorizes the advanced industry investment tax credit, continuing a system of selective tax breaks for certain favored industries and investors. CPAC prefers broad tax cuts over government picking winners and losers through selective credits and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-05-05 by a vote of 35-0. The House passed this bill on 2025-04-30 by a vote of 57-8. The bill later became law.

This bill requires institutions of higher education to provide specified academic adjustments for students with disabilities, imposing new compliance obligations on campuses. CPAC is wary of one-size-fits-all mandates on universities that invite litigation and bureaucratic expansion and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-03-04 by a vote of 21-12. The House passed this bill on 2025-03-31 by a vote of 58-5. The bill later became law.

This bill modifies the Tony Grampsas youth services program’s structure and funding, changing how grants are awarded and rebalancing its appropriations. CPAC is skeptical of ever-shifting state youth grant programs that lack clear accountability and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-04-14 by a vote of 31-2. The House passed this bill on 2025-04-25 by a vote of 50-12. The bill later became law.

SB 3 implements sweeping new requirements to purchase semiautomatic firearms with a detachable magazine. Interested parties will need to receive permission from their local sheriff, complete a 12-hour course, earn at least a 90% grade on a test, and undergo additional training every five years to maintain their eligibility. CPAC affirms the Founders’ belief in the Second Amendment, and it views these burdensome, expensive requirements as an attempt to discourage individuals from exercising their rights. For this reason, CPAC opposes this bill. The Colorado Senate passed SB 3 on February 18, 2025, in a 19-15 vote. The Colorado House of Representatives passed SB 3 on March 24, 2025, in a 36-28 vote. Governor Jared Polis signed the measure into law.

This bill imposes special requirements on child care centers owned by institutional investment entities, singling them out for additional regulation and scrutiny. CPAC opposes punishing private capital for investing in child care and driving up costs through regulatory discrimination and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-04-08 by a vote of 16-18. The House passed this bill on 2025-03-05 by a vote of 38-23. The bill did not become law.