BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Hamrick and Duran, Bacon, Bird, Boesenecker, Brown, Camacho, Clifford, Froelich, Garcia, Gilchrist, Jackson, Joseph, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Mabrey, McCormick, Rutinel, Sirota, Smith, Stewart R., Story, Woodrow;
also SENATOR(S) Cutter, Kipp, Michaelson Jenet, Sullivan, Wallace, Winter F., Coleman.
Concerning providing materials about gun violence prevention to parents with students in K-12.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-20.5-1203, add (2)(e) as follows:
25-20.5-1203. Gun violence prevention awareness and education - violence intervention grant program - rules. (2) (e) The office shall post the materials developed pursuant to subsection (2)(a)(II) of this section in an accessible manner on the office's website for local education providers, as defined in section 22-1-150, to access and distribute to parents, guardians, and legal custodians of elementary or secondary school students.
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-20.5-1206, add (4) as follows:
25-20.5-1206. Rules - report. (4) Beginning in January 2026, and in January every year thereafter, the department shall include, as part of its presentation during its "SMART Act" hearing required by section 2-7-203, information concerning the materials developed pursuant to section 25-20.5-1203 (2)(a)(II).
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 22-1-150 as follows:
22-1-150. Gun violence prevention awareness - materials to parents - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Local education provider" means a school district created pursuant to article 30 of this title 22, a board of cooperative services created pursuant to article 5 of this title 22, a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title 22, an institute charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title 22, and the Colorado school for the deaf and the blind authorized pursuant to section 22-80-102.
(b) "Materials" means the gun violence prevention materials created by the office of gun violence prevention and posted on the website of the office pursuant to section 25-20.5-1203 (2)(e).
(2) (a) A local education provider, at the beginning of each school year, shall access the materials posted on the website of the office of gun violence prevention and distribute the materials, in a written or electronic format, to each parent, guardian, and legal custodian of a student enrolled in a school of the local education provider.
(b) Each local education provider shall post or link to the materials on the local education provider's website.
SECTION 4. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.
Signed By: Julie McCluskie, Speaker of the House of Representatives
Signed By: James Rashad Coleman, Sr., President of the Senate
Signed By: Vanessa Reilly, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives
Signed By: Esther van Mourik, Secretary of the Senate
Signed By: Jared S. Polis, Governor of the State of Colorado