House Committee of Reference Report
Committee on Judiciary
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February 11, 2025
After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends the following:
HB25-1098 be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee on Appropriations with favorable recommendation:
Page 1, Line 1Amend printed bill, strike everything below the enacting clause and
Page 1, Line 2substitute:
Page 1, Line 3"SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 24-33.5-537 as
Page 1, Line 4follows:
Page 1, Line 524-33.5-537. Automated protection order notification system
Page 1, Line 6- definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context
Page 1, Line 7otherwise requires:
Page 1, Line 8(a) "Advocate" means a person whose regular or
Page 1, Line 9volunteer duties include supporting a protected person.
Page 1, Line 10(b) "Immediate family" means a protected person's spouse,
Page 1, Line 11child, or parent, or a blood relative who lives in the same
Page 1, Line 12residence as the protected person and is not a restrained person.
Page 1, Line 13(c) "Interested person" means a law enforcement officer,
Page 1, Line 14a judicial officer, a district attorney, or an advocate.
Page 1, Line 15(d) "Protected person" means the person identified in a
Page 1, Line 16protection order as the person for whose benefit the protection
Page 1, Line 17order was issued.
Page 1, Line 18(e) "Registered user" means a protected person, protected
Page 1, Line 19person's immediate family, or other interested persons who are
Page 1, Line 20registered with the automated protection order notification
Page 1, Line 21system established in subsection (2) of this section.
Page 1, Line 22(f) "Restrained person" means the person identified in the
Page 1, Line 23protection order as the person prohibited from engaging in
Page 1, Line 24specified acts.
Page 1, Line 25(2) Subject to available appropriations, the division shall
Page 1, Line 26establish an automated protection order notification system to
Page 1, Line 27provide a protected person, the protected person's immediate
Page 2, Line 1family, and other interested persons with information related
Page 2, Line 2to a protection order issued pursuant to section 18-1-1001 or
Page 2, Line 3article 14 of title 13.
Page 2, Line 4(3) The automated protection order notification system
Page 2, Line 5must include, but is not limited to, the following information, if
Page 2, Line 6available:
Page 2, Line 7(a) The date the protection order was served or was
Page 2, Line 8attempted to be served;
Page 2, Line 9(b) An advance notice occurring one hundred twenty days
Page 2, Line 10before and again occurring thirty days before the protection
Page 2, Line 11order expires;
Page 2, Line 12(c) Whether an extreme risk protection order was issued
Page 2, Line 13against the restrained person pursuant to article 14.5 of title
Page 2, Line 1413, and if so, the date the extreme risk protection order was
Page 2, Line 15served or was attempted to be served;
Page 2, Line 16(d) Whether the restrained person applied for and was
Page 2, Line 17denied the purchase or transfer of a firearm as the result of a
Page 2, Line 18background check; and
Page 2, Line 19(e) Whether the restrained person completed and
Page 2, Line 20submitted a firearm purchase or transfer application that
Page 2, Line 21indicated the restrained person was ineligible to possess a
Page 2, Line 22firearm pursuant to state or federal law.
Page 2, Line 23(4) The Colorado bureau of investigation in the division
Page 2, Line 24shall make the information described in subsection (3) of this
Page 2, Line 25section available to the division for the purpose of providing the
Page 2, Line 26information to a protected person, the protected person's
Page 2, Line 27immediate family, or other interested persons pursuant to
Page 2, Line 28subsection (2) of this section.
Page 2, Line 29(5) The automated protection order notification system
Page 2, Line 30must disseminate the information described in subsection (3) of
Page 2, Line 31this section to registered users in English and Spanish through
Page 2, Line 32a telephone call, email, text message, or mobile phone
Page 2, Line 33application.
Page 2, Line 34(6) The division may contract with a third-party entity to
Page 2, Line 35provide the functionality for the automated protection order
Page 2, Line 36notification system. The third-party entity must be able to:
Page 2, Line 37(a) Operate a support center that is open twenty-four
Page 2, Line 38hours a day, seven days a week;
Page 2, Line 39(b) Send emails and text messages to registered users
Page 2, Line 40through a mobile phone application;
Page 2, Line 41(c) Provide Spanish interpretation services; and
Page 2, Line 42(d) Provide directory or contact information for
Page 2, Line 43available supportive resources, including, but not limited to,
Page 3, Line 1housing, health care and behavioral health care, domestic
Page 3, Line 2violence victim assistance, and financial assistance.
Page 3, Line 3(7) The Colorado bureau of investigation, the division,
Page 3, Line 4and the third-party entity, if one was contracted pursuant to
Page 3, Line 5subsection (6) of this section, shall implement any necessary
Page 3, Line 6data-sharing standards in order to protect data from being
Page 3, Line 7transferred from the Colorado bureau of investigation and the
Page 3, Line 8division to the contracted third-party entity.
Page 3, Line 9(8) The automated protection order notification system
Page 3, Line 10must be compatible with the state's existing automated victim
Page 3, Line 11notification system described in section 24-4.1-303 (15)(c).
Page 3, Line 12(9) A public entity, as defined in section 24-10-103, is
Page 3, Line 13immune from liability in any civil action based on the public
Page 3, Line 14entity's release of information or the failure to release
Page 3, Line 15information related to the automated protection order
Page 3, Line 16notification system as long as the release or failure to release
Page 3, Line 17was not the result of gross negligence.
Page 3, Line 18(10) The division may seek, accept, and expend gifts,
Page 3, Line 19grants, or donations from private or public sources for the
Page 3, Line 20purposes of this section.
Page 3, Line 21SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
Page 3, Line 22takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
Page 3, Line 23ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except
Page 3, Line 24that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V
Page 3, Line 25of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this
Page 3, Line 26act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take
Page 3, Line 27effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in
Page 3, Line 28November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the
Page 3, Line 29official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.".
Page 3, Line 30Page 1, line 102, strike "victim".