Colorado 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 28 D · 21 R cosponsors

SB 25-038 — Wildlife Damage Protection of Personal Information

Last action — Governor Signed

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jared Polis (Democratic) on March 20, 2025.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 53 sponsors

    4 primary, 49 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (28 D · 21 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Under Colorado law, a person may file a claim with the division of parks and wildlife (division) for compensation for damages to property caused by wildlife, and the division must review and investigate that claim. The act requires that the personal information of a person, information related to site assessments received by the division through the claim procedures, and personal information associated with proactive nonlethal measures is kept confidential and not disclosed pursuant to the "Colorado Open Records Act". The act excludes from this prohibition: Information about nonlethal predator-livestock conflict minimization measures that does not reveal the identity of the person or the person's business; Nonidentifying information of county-level data highlighting the number or dollar amount of claims made to the division, the number of claims that were settled and the monetary amounts of those settlements, the number of claims that are pending at the time of a request for disclosure, and the number of claims that were denied and the reasons for denial; and Personal information that becomes public by the actions of the subject of the personal information or the subject's agent. The act prohibits bringing or maintaining a private action challenging the division's determination that a person or the person's agent has taken actions or made statements that led to the person's personal information becoming publicly known. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Bill Text

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First Regular Session Seventy-fifth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO ENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted on Second Reading in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
First Regular Session Seventy-fifth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
25-0156.01 Jery Payne x2157 SENATE BILL 25-038 SENATE SPONSORSHIP Roberts and Catlin, Bridges, Marchman, Pelton B., Simpson HOUSE SPONSORSHIP McCluskie, Martinez, McCormick Senate Committees House Committees Agriculture & Natural Resources A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING PROTECTION OF THE PERSONAL INFORMATION OF PERSONS IMPACTED BY WILDLIFE DAMAGE .
25-0156.01 Jery Payne x2157 SENATE BILL 25-038 SENATE SPONSORSHIP Roberts and Catlin, Bridges, Marchman, Pelton B., Simpson, Amabile, Baisley, Bright, Carson, Coleman, Cutter, Daugherty, Exum, Frizell, Hinrichsen, Jodeh, Kipp, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Liston, Lundeen, Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, Pelton R., Rich, Rodriguez, Snyder, Weissman, Winter F.
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP McCluskie, Martinez, McCormick Senate Committees House Committees Agriculture & Natural Resources A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING PROTECTION OF THE PERSONAL INFORMATION OF PERSONS IMPACTED BY WILDLIFE DAMAGE .
This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does notreflectanyamendmentsthatmaybesubsequentlyadopted.Ifthisbill passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at http://leg.colorado.gov/.) Water Resources and Agriculture Review Committee.
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Under current law, a person may file a claim with the division of parks and wildlife (division) for compensation for damages to property caused by wildlife, and the division must review and investigate that claim (claim g procedures).
Under R e r F current law, a person may file a claim with the division of parks and 3 wildlife (division) for compensation for damages to property caused by wildlife, and the division must review and investigate that claim (claim g procedures).
The bill changes current law by requiring that the personal d 5 information of a claimant received by the division through the claim e 0 T R , A 2 y Shading denotes HOUSE amendment.
The bill changes current law by requiring that the personal i a 2 information of a claimant received by the division through the claim E R 2 A n 4 N 2 r Shading denotes HOUSE amendment.
E d u Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
S e r Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.n e Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.
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Amendments

1 amendment

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Action History

  1. Governor Signed

  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House

  3. Sent to the Governor

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate

  5. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  6. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments

  7. House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

  8. House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole

  9. Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources

  10. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  11. Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee

  12. Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole

  13. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources

Sponsors

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4 sponsors · 49 co-sponsors · 49 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (49)

Not signed on (49)

49 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

BILL

Passed 60 Yea · 1 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4000
Democrat 38103
Republican 18001
Total 60104
% of votes cast 92%2%0%6%
How each member voted (65)
Member Party Vote
Armagost — Yea
Bird — Yea
Pugliese — Yea
Garcia Sander — Yea
Alex Valdez Democrat Yea
Amy Paschal Democrat Yea
Andrew Boesenecker Democrat Yea
Bob Marshall Democrat Nay
Brianna Titone Democrat Yea
Cecelia Espenoza Democrat Yea
Chad Clifford Democrat Yea
Eliza Hamrick Democrat Yea
Elizabeth Velasco Democrat Yea
Emily Sirota Democrat Yea
Gretchen Rydin Democrat Yea
Jacque Phillips Democrat Yea
Jamie Jackson Democrat Yea
Javier Mabrey Democrat Yea
Jennifer Bacon Democrat Yea
Jenny Willford Democrat Yea
Julie McCluskie Democrat Yea
Junie Joseph Democrat Yea
Karen McCormick Democrat Yea
Katie Stewart Democrat Not Voting
Kyle Brown Democrat Yea
Lesley Smith Democrat Yea
Lindsay Gilchrist Democrat Yea
Lisa Feret Democrat Yea
Lorena Garcia Democrat Yea
Mandy Lindsay Democrat Yea
Manny Rutinel Democrat Yea
Matthew Martinez Democrat Yea
Meg Froelich Democrat Yea
Meghan Lukens Democrat Yea
Michael Carter Democrat Not Voting
Monica Duran Democrat Yea
Naquetta Ricks Democrat Yea
Rebekah Stewart Democrat Yea
Regina English Democrat Yea
Sean Camacho Democrat Yea
Sheila Lieder Democrat Yea
Steven Woodrow Democrat Yea
Tammy Story Democrat Not Voting
Tisha Mauro Democrat Yea
William Lindstedt Democrat Yea
Yara Zokaie Democrat Yea
Anthony Hartsook Republican Yea
Brandi Bradley Republican Yea
Carlos Barron Republican Yea
Chris Richardson Republican Yea
Dan Woog Republican Yea
Dusty Johnson Republican Yea
Jarvis Caldwell Republican Yea
Ken DeGraaf Republican Yea
Larry Don Suckla Republican Yea
Mary Bradfield Republican Yea
Matt Soper Republican Yea
Max Brooks Republican Yea
Rebecca Keltie Republican Yea
Rick Taggart Republican Yea
Ron Weinberg Republican Yea
Ryan Gonzalez Republican Yea
Scott Bottoms Republican Not Voting
Stephanie Luck Republican Yea
Ty Winter Republican Yea

BILL

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 21000
Republican 11000
Unaffiliated 3000
Total 35000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Lundeen — Yea
Jaquez Lewis — Yea
Winter F. — Yea
Cathy Kipp Democrat Yea
Chris Kolker Democrat Yea
Dafna Michaelson Jenet Democrat Yea
Dylan Roberts Democrat Yea
Iman Jodeh Democrat Yea
James Coleman Democrat Yea
Janice Marchman Democrat Yea
Jeff Bridges Democrat Yea
Jessie Danielson Democrat Yea
Judy Amabile Democrat Yea
Julie Gonzales Democrat Yea
Kyle Mullica Democrat Yea
Lindsey Daugherty Democrat Yea
Lisa Cutter Democrat Yea
Marc Snyder Democrat Yea
Matt Ball Democrat Yea
Mike Weissman Democrat Yea
Nick Hinrichsen Democrat Yea
Robert Rodriguez Democrat Yea
Tom Sullivan Democrat Yea
Tony Exum Democrat Yea
Barbara Kirkmeyer Republican Yea
Byron Pelton Republican Yea
Cleave Simpson Republican Yea
Janice Rich Republican Yea
John Carson Republican Yea
Larry Liston Republican Yea
Lisa Frizell Republican Yea
Marc Catlin Republican Yea
Mark Baisley Republican Yea
Rod Pelton Republican Yea
Scott Bright Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 25-038 do?
Under Colorado law, a person may file a claim with the division of parks and wildlife (division) for compensation for damages to property caused by wildlife, and the division must review and investigate that claim. The act requires that the personal information of a person, information related to site assessments received by the division through the claim procedures, and personal information associated with proactive nonlethal measures is kept confidential and not disclosed pursuant to the "Colorado Open Records Act". The act excludes from this prohibition: Information about nonlethal predator-livestock conflict minimization measures that does not reveal the identity of the person or the person's business; Nonidentifying information of county-level data highlighting the number or dollar amount of claims made to the division, the number of claims that were settled and the monetary amounts of those settlements, the number of claims that are pending at the time of a request for disclosure, and the number of claims that were denied and the reasons for denial; and Personal information that becomes public by the actions of the subject of the personal information or the subject's agent. The act prohibits bringing or maintaining a private action challenging the division's determination that a person or the person's agent has taken actions or made statements that led to the person's personal information becoming publicly known. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Who sponsors SB 25-038?
SB 25-038 is sponsored by Ron Weinberg (Republican), Alex Valdez (Democrat), Brianna Titone (Democrat), Rick Taggart (Republican), Larry Don Suckla (Republican), Matt Soper (Republican), Chris Richardson (Republican), Tisha Mauro (Democrat), Meghan Lukens (Democrat), Sheila Lieder (Democrat), Rebecca Keltie (Republican), Junie Joseph (Democrat), Dusty Johnson (Republican), Monica Duran (Democrat), Jarvis Caldwell (Republican), Kyle Brown (Democrat), Brandi Bradley (Republican), Andrew Boesenecker (Democrat), S. Bird, F. Winter, Mike Weissman (Democrat), Marc Snyder (Democrat), Robert Rodriguez (Democrat), Janice Rich (Republican), Rod Pelton (Republican), Kyle Mullica (Democrat), P. Lundeen, Larry Liston (Republican), Chris Kolker (Democrat), Barbara Kirkmeyer (Republican), Cathy Kipp (Democrat), Iman Jodeh (Democrat), Nick Hinrichsen (Democrat), Lisa Frizell (Republican), Tony Exum (Democrat), Lindsey Daugherty (Democrat), Lisa Cutter (Democrat), James Coleman (Democrat), John Carson (Republican), Scott Bright (Republican), Mark Baisley (Republican), Judy Amabile (Democrat), Karen McCormick (Democrat), Matthew Martinez (Democrat), Cleave Simpson (Republican), Byron Pelton (Republican), Janice Marchman (Democrat), Jeff Bridges (Democrat), Ty Winter (Republican), Julie McCluskie (Democrat), Marc Catlin (Republican), Dylan Roberts (Democrat), and Michaelson Jenet.
What is the current status of SB 25-038?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2025. Enacted.
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