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HB 25-1112

Local Authorities Enforce Vehicle Registration

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Jeff Bridges and 13 co-sponsors

Local authorities may enforce state vehicle registration laws, and courts can dismiss recent unregistered lapses if corrected promptly and a $30 fee is paid.

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Bill Summary · HB 25-1112

Summary — HB 25‑1112: Local Authorities Enforce Vehicle Registration

Status: Governor signed (June 2, 2025). Introduced: January 27, 2025. Effective: Generally 90 days after final adjournment; fiscal materials and enactment materials identify August 6, 2025 as the applicable effective date (subject to referendum).

Purpose / Intent

Authorize local governments to enforce state vehicle‑registration laws and create a limited process for courts to dismiss certain registration violations when the owner remedies the registration promptly. The bill aims to allow local enforcement while providing an avenue to dismiss recent, rectified registration lapses.

Key provisions

  • Grants explicit authority for local authorities (counties, municipalities) to enforce state registration requirements for vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, and motor vehicles (adds subsection 42‑4‑111(1)(gg)).
    • Does not authorize local governments to require vehicle owners to register with the local authority.
  • Creates a new statute (42‑4‑1720) authorizing courts to dismiss a failure‑to‑register violation if:
    • The vehicle was unregistered for no more than four months at the time of the violation;
    • The owner registers the vehicle before the first court date shown on the citation or summons; and
    • The owner pays a $30 administrative dismissal fee when the court is a municipal court.
  • Requires the charging peace officer to notify the defendant of the opportunity to have the charge dismissed (notification may be oral if no electronic e‑ticketing; electronic notice on citations if e‑ticketing is implemented).
  • Expands conviction abstract content to include any waivers/dismissals and amounts (amendment to 42‑4‑1715), so courts report dismissal/waiver information to the Department of Revenue.
  • Department of Revenue to adopt forms and rules as needed.

Who is affected

  • Vehicle owners: increased likelihood of local enforcement; owners who promptly register may obtain dismissal under conditions above.
  • Local governments and law enforcement: may choose to begin/expand enforcement; will have some added workload.
  • Courts: may process dismissal requests and collect the $30 municipal administrative fee; workload considered absorbable.
  • State funds: Highway Users Tax Fund (HUTF) and related funds (State Highway Fund, local HUTF shares) are modestly impacted.

Fiscal and procedural impacts

  • No appropriation required. Legislative Council final fiscal note estimates reduced state cash‑fund revenue of approximately:
    • $91,607 in FY 2025‑26 and $118,108 in FY 2026‑27 (ongoing increases thereafter).
    • Approximately half of that reduction affects the HUTF (roughly $49,005 in FY 2025‑26 and $54,450 in FY 2026‑27).
  • TABOR: lower cash‑fund revenues reduce the TABOR refund liability; JBC staff notes the reduced TABOR refund increases available General Fund by the same amounts.
  • Administrative impacts: modest, absorbable workload increases for Judicial Department and potential local workload for enforcement.

Legislative history & sponsors

  • Passed both chambers (House and Senate) without final substantive amendments to the enforcement/dismissal scheme; sent to Governor May 14, 2025; signed June 2, 2025.
  • Prime sponsors: Reps. Brianna Titone and Eliza Hamrick; Sens. Tony Exum and Lisa Frizell. Multiple cosponsors from both chambers.

For readers wanting statutory detail: the bill amends sections in Article 4 (42‑4‑110, 42‑4‑111), adds 42‑4‑1720, and updates conviction reporting (42‑4‑1715).

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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