Bill
HB 25-1250
Requires Colorado local education providers to distribute and post OGVP gun-violence prevention materials to all K–12 parents and guardians, with ongoing online access.
Status
- Governor signed: June 2, 2025.
- Effective date: August 6, 2025 (per fiscal note — the act takes effect 90 days after final adjournment unless a referendum is filed; if a referendum is filed and approved by voters, effect would follow the official declaration after the November 2026 election).
Purpose
- Require that materials developed by Colorado’s Office of Gun Violence Prevention (OGVP) be made available to parents, guardians, and legal custodians of K–12 students via local education providers, to increase awareness of gun violence prevention resources.
Key provisions
- OGVP (in the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment) must post, in an accessible manner on its website, the gun-violence-prevention materials it has developed.
- “Local education providers” (defined in statute) — including school districts, boards of cooperative services, district and institute charter schools, approved facility schools, and the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind — must:
- At the beginning of each school year, distribute those materials (written or electronic) to each parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a student enrolled in their schools; and
- Post or link to the materials on the local education provider’s website.
- CDPHE must include information about these materials as part of its SMART Act hearing presentation beginning in January 2026 and annually thereafter.
- The statutory text inserts the new posting requirement into 25-20.5-1203 and adds a reporting requirement to 25-20.5-1206; it creates a new K–12 provision at 22-1-150 (in final versions numbered 22-1-148/150 depending on drafts).
Scope and who is affected
- Parents, guardians, and legal custodians of elementary and secondary students in Colorado.
- Local education providers (public districts, charter schools, BOCES, approved facility schools, and the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind).
- OGVP/CDPHE (responsible for posting/updating materials and reporting in SMART Act hearings).
Fiscal and administrative impact
- Final fiscal note (July 31, 2025): no state revenue or expenditure change; minimal ongoing workload for CDPHE and local education providers; no new appropriations required; 0.0 FTE net change. CDPHE already maintains a resource bank containing the materials.
Sponsors and legislative action
- Primary sponsors: Rep. Eliza Hamrick; Rep. Monica Duran; Sen. Lisa Cutter. Multiple co-sponsors listed.
- Passed both chambers (final legislative actions through May 13, 2025) and signed by the Governor on June 2, 2025. A referendum could delay or suspend the act pending voter approval.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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