HB1035 is a codification and enactment bill that makes the Colorado Revised Statutes 2025 the positive and statutory law of the state. In practical terms, it formally enacts the softbound 2025 volumes of the Colorado Revised Statutes, along with subsequent voter-approved changes from the statewide election on November 4, 2025, and the 2025 First Extraordinary Session supplement. The bill also sets the effective date for that publication as the first non-weekend, non-holiday day after the act takes effect.
The measure is largely technical and administrative rather than policy-making. It updates Colorado’s annual statutory enactment framework in section 2-5-126 to recognize the 2025 codification as the official compilation of general and permanent laws. The bill includes a safety clause, indicating the General Assembly’s intent for immediate effectiveness. Because it is a codification bill, it does not itself create a new substantive program or regulate a specific industry or group, but instead confirms the legal status of the state’s compiled statutes and related supplements.
Impact
HB1035 affects Colorado’s legal code by formally enacting the 2025 edition of the Colorado Revised Statutes as the state’s positive and statutory law. This gives legal effect to the published codification, incorporates general and permanent laws enacted during the 75th General Assembly’s regular and extraordinary sessions, and includes voter-approved measures from the November 2025 election. The bill primarily impacts the Committee on Legal Services, legislative staff, courts, attorneys, and anyone relying on the official statutes for interpretation and citation, rather than imposing direct obligations on the public.
Sentiment
The bill appears to have been treated as a routine, noncontroversial housekeeping measure. It advanced with strong support in both chambers, including unanimous committee votes in the House and Senate Judiciary committees and comfortable third-reading majorities on the floor. The recommendation for placement on the Senate consent calendar further suggests broad agreement and a perception that the bill was largely ministerial.
Contention
There is little evidence of substantive contention around HB1035, likely because it is a codification bill rather than a policy bill. The only notable points of potential concern would be technical: whether the statutory compilation accurately reflects all enacted laws, voter-approved changes, and the extraordinary session supplement, and whether the effective-date language properly aligns the official publication with the act’s enactment. The recorded votes show only limited opposition on final passage, indicating that any disagreement was minor and not centered on a major policy dispute.