Senate Bill 25-015

NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 4/10/2025.

BY SENATOR(S) Cutter and Marchman, Amabile, Catlin, Exum, Kipp, Liston, Michaelson Jenet, Snyder, Winter F., Coleman;

also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Velasco and Mauro, Boesenecker, Bacon, Barron, Bird, Bradley, Brown, Caldwell, Camacho, Carter, Clifford, Duran, English, Froelich, Garcia, Garcia Sander, Gonzalez R., Hamrick, Jackson, Johnson, Joseph, Keltie, Lieder, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Lukens, Mabrey, Marshall, Martinez, McCormick, Paschal, Pugliese, Ricks, Rutinel, Sirota, Smith, Stewart K., Story, Suckla, Titone, Valdez, Weinberg, McCluskie.

Concerning updating the wildfire information and resource center website.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-33.5-1230, add (5) as follows:

24-33.5-1230.  Wildfire information and resource center. (5)  In addition to the requirements in subsection (2)(b) of this section, the center's website must also include hyperlinks to websites that display emergency information and wildfire updates for each county in Colorado. The division shall coordinate with county governments in order to provide the hyperlinks required by this subsection (5).

SECTION 2.  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: James Rashad Coleman, Sr., President of the Senate

Signed By: Julie McCluskie, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Signed By: Esther van Mourik, Secretary of the Senate

Signed By: Vanessa Reilly, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives

Signed By: Jared S. Polis, Governor of the State of Colorado