Colorado 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted 31 D cosponsors

SB 25-144 — Change Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance Prog

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 February 05, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jared Polis (Democratic) on May 30, 2025.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 35 sponsors

    4 primary, 31 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (31 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

With regard to the family and medical leave insurance program (program), the act extends the duration of paid family and medical leave, up to an additional 12 weeks, for a parent who has a child receiving inpatient care in a neonatal intensive care unit. The act also changes the premiums financing the program benefits by extending the current premium amount, 0.9% of wages per employee, through 2025 and setting the premium amount for the 2026 calendar year at 0.88% of wages per employee. For each subsequent calendar year, the director of the division of family and medical leave insurance (director) is required set the premium on or before September 1 of the preceding year, in a manner such that: At the end of the year, the balance of the family and medical leave insurance fund (fund) is not less than 6 months' worth of projected expenditures from the fund required for performance of the functions and duties of the director; The volatility of the premium rate is minimized; and The premium amount does not exceed 1.2% of wages per employee.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

24 added · 18 removed

24 line(s) added, 18 removed.

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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.
and Bridges, HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Willford and Zokaie, Senate Committees House Committees Business, Labor, & Technology Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING CHANGES TO THE "P AID FAMILY AND M EDICAL L EAVE INSURANCE ACT ".
and Bridges, Amabile,Coleman,Cutter,Hinrichsen, Jodeh, Kipp, Michaelson Jenet, Snyder, Sullivan, Weissman HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Willford and Zokaie, Senate Committees House Committees Business, Labor, & Technology Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING CHANGES TO THE "P AID FAMILY AND M EDICAL L EAVE INSURANCE A CT ".
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.) With regard to the family and medical leave insurance program (program), section 1 of the bill extends the duration of paid family and medical leave, up to an additional 12 weeks, for a parent who has a child receiving inpatient care in a neonatal intensive care unit.
This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does d notreflectanyamendmentsthatmaybesubsequentlyadopted.Ifthisbill d passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that e 2 applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at E a 2 A U 9 http://leg.colorado.gov.) N i h S a r R M With regard to the family and medical leave insurance program r (program), section 1 of the bill extends the duration of paid family and 3 medical leave, up to an additional 12 weeks, for a parent who has a child receiving inpatient care in a neonatal intensive care unit.
g Section2changesthepremiumsfinancingthepaymentofprogram d benefits by extending the current premium amount, 0.9% of wages per e 2 T R , A n 1 Shading denotes HOUSE amendment.
Section2changesthepremiumsfinancingthepaymentofprogram i a 2 benefits by extending the current premium amount, 0.9% of wages per E R 2 T d 8 N 2 1 Shading denotes HOUSE amendment.
E d h 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 a 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. Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass

  6. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  7. House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole

  8. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee

  9. House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations

  10. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  11. Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor

  12. Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor

  13. Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole

  14. Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations

  15. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology

Sponsors

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4 sponsors · 31 co-sponsors · 67 not signed on · 31 voted No

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (31)

Not signed on (67)

67 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

REPASS

Passed 21 Yea · 12 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 19101
Republican 01001
Unaffiliated 2100
Total 211202
% of votes cast 60%34%0%6%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Lundeen — Nay
President — Yea
Winter F. — Yea
Cathy Kipp Democrat Yea
Chris Kolker Democrat Not Voting
Dafna Michaelson Jenet Democrat Yea
Dylan Roberts Democrat Yea
Iman Jodeh Democrat Yea
Janice Marchman Democrat Nay
Jeff Bridges Democrat Yea
Jessie Danielson Democrat Yea
Judy Amabile Democrat Yea
Julie Gonzales Democrat Yea
Katie Wallace 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 Nay
Byron Pelton Republican Nay
Cleave Simpson Republican Nay
Janice Rich Republican Nay
John Carson Republican Nay
Larry Liston Republican Nay
Lisa Frizell Republican Nay
Marc Catlin Republican Nay
Mark Baisley Republican Not Voting
Rod Pelton Republican Nay
Scott Bright Republican Nay

CONCUR

Passed 29 Yea · 4 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 19101
Republican 8201
Unaffiliated 2100
Total 29402
% of votes cast 83%11%0%6%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Lundeen — Nay
President — Yea
Winter F. — Yea
Cathy Kipp Democrat Yea
Chris Kolker Democrat Not Voting
Dafna Michaelson Jenet Democrat Yea
Dylan Roberts Democrat Yea
Iman Jodeh Democrat Yea
Janice Marchman Democrat Nay
Jeff Bridges Democrat Yea
Jessie Danielson Democrat Yea
Judy Amabile Democrat Yea
Julie Gonzales Democrat Yea
Katie Wallace 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 Nay
Lisa Frizell Republican Yea
Marc Catlin Republican Nay
Mark Baisley Republican Not Voting
Rod Pelton Republican Yea
Scott Bright Republican Yea

BILL

Passed 42 Yea · 21 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1300
Democrat 40002
Republican 11800
Total 422102
% of votes cast 65%32%0%3%
How each member voted (65)
Member Party Vote
Armagost — Nay
Bird — Yea
Pugliese — Nay
Garcia Sander — Nay
Alex Valdez Democrat Yea
Amy Paschal Democrat Yea
Andrew Boesenecker Democrat Yea
Bob Marshall Democrat Yea
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 Yea
Kyle Brown Democrat Yea
Lesley Smith Democrat Yea
Lindsay Gilchrist Democrat Yea
Lisa Feret Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea
Monica Duran Democrat Yea
Naquetta Ricks Democrat Yea
Rebekah Stewart Democrat Yea
Regina English Democrat Not Voting
Sean Camacho Democrat Yea
Sheila Lieder Democrat Yea
Steven Woodrow Democrat Yea
Tammy Story Democrat Yea
Tisha Mauro Democrat Yea
William Lindstedt Democrat Yea
Yara Zokaie Democrat Yea
Anthony Hartsook Republican Nay
Brandi Bradley Republican Nay
Carlos Barron Republican Nay
Chris Richardson Republican Nay
Dan Woog Republican Nay
Dusty Johnson Republican Nay
Jarvis Caldwell Republican Nay
Ken DeGraaf Republican Nay
Larry Don Suckla Republican Nay
Mary Bradfield Republican Nay
Matt Soper Republican Nay
Max Brooks Republican Nay
Rebecca Keltie Republican Nay
Rick Taggart Republican Yea
Ron Weinberg Republican Nay
Ryan Gonzalez Republican Nay
Scott Bottoms Republican Nay
Stephanie Luck Republican Nay
Ty Winter Republican Nay

BILL

Passed 22 Yea · 12 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 21000
Republican 01100
Unaffiliated 1100
Total 221200
% of votes cast 65%35%0%0%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
Lundeen — Nay
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 Nay
Byron Pelton Republican Nay
Cleave Simpson Republican Nay
Janice Rich Republican Nay
John Carson Republican Nay
Larry Liston Republican Nay
Lisa Frizell Republican Nay
Marc Catlin Republican Nay
Mark Baisley Republican Nay
Rod Pelton Republican Nay
Scott Bright Republican Nay

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 25-144 do?
With regard to the family and medical leave insurance program (program), the act extends the duration of paid family and medical leave, up to an additional 12 weeks, for a parent who has a child receiving inpatient care in a neonatal intensive care unit. The act also changes the premiums financing the program benefits by extending the current premium amount, 0.9% of wages per employee, through 2025 and setting the premium amount for the 2026 calendar year at 0.88% of wages per employee. For each subsequent calendar year, the director of the division of family and medical leave insurance (director) is required set the premium on or before September 1 of the preceding year, in a manner such that: At the end of the year, the balance of the family and medical leave insurance fund (fund) is not less than 6 months' worth of projected expenditures from the fund required for performance of the functions and duties of the director; The volatility of the premium rate is minimized; and The premium amount does not exceed 1.2% of wages per employee.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Who sponsors SB 25-144?
SB 25-144 is sponsored by Tammy Story (Democrat), Katie Stewart (Democrat), Rebekah Stewart (Democrat), Lesley Smith (Democrat), Emily Sirota (Democrat), Manny Rutinel (Democrat), Naquetta Ricks (Democrat), Meghan Lukens (Democrat), Mandy Lindsay (Democrat), Sheila Lieder (Democrat), Junie Joseph (Democrat), Jamie Jackson (Democrat), Eliza Hamrick (Democrat), L. García, Meg Froelich (Democrat), Monica Duran (Democrat), Sean Camacho (Democrat), Kyle Brown (Democrat), Andrew Boesenecker (Democrat), S. Bird, Jennifer Bacon (Democrat), Mike Weissman (Democrat), Tom Sullivan (Democrat), Marc Snyder (Democrat), Cathy Kipp (Democrat), Iman Jodeh (Democrat), Nick Hinrichsen (Democrat), Lisa Cutter (Democrat), James Coleman (Democrat), Judy Amabile (Democrat), Yara Zokaie (Democrat), Jenny Willford (Democrat), Jeff Bridges (Democrat), Faith Winter, and Michaelson Jenet.
What is the current status of SB 25-144?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 05, 2025. Enacted.
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