The bill authorizes the Colorado bureau of investigation to participate in the federal bureau of investigation's rap back service, which allows authorized agencies to receive notification of activity on individuals who have submitted to a fingerprint-based criminal history record check.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

The act requires a minor who is under 18 years old to have written permission of the minor's parent or legal guardian to obtain an instruction permit to drive a motorcycle. The act does not apply to emancipated minors.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Currently, in every mail ballot election coordinated with or conducted by a county clerk and recorder, a single election judge personally conducts the review of each mail ballot for purposes of signature verification, unless the county clerk and recorder allows the election judge to use a signature verification device. The bill requires the county clerk and recorder to use a team of bipartisan election judges, rather than a single election judge, to review mail ballots for purposes of signature verification. The bill requires the secretary of state to adopt rules concerning the procedure for using a team of bipartisan election judges for such signature verification.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

The bill requires a pregnant person's health-care provider to offer a pregnant person the option to fill out a "Do Not Abort" form that expresses the person's wishes to not receive an abortion in the event the person is incapacitated or incapable of communicating. If the pregnant person fills out a "Do Not Abort" form, the health-care provider shall input the form into the pregnant person's medical record.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

The bill prohibits a person, health-care provider, or mental health professional from knowingly performing surgery on, or prescribing, administering, or providing hormones or puberty blockers to, a minor for the purpose of altering the minor's biological sex characteristics, or providing mental health therapy, counseling, or referrals that promote or affirm a minor's belief that the minor was born in the wrong body or that the minor needs medical intervention to address distress related to the minor's biological sex (prohibited interventions). The bill prohibits the state from investigating or penalizing a minor's parent, or terminating the parent's rights, for refusing to consent to a prohibited intervention for the minor. A public school, health-care provider, or a governmental entity is prohibited from withholding information from a minor's parent regarding the minor's express desire to transition the minor's biological sex. The bill prohibits state or federal funding, medicaid reimbursement, and health insurance coverage from being used to pay for a prohibited intervention. A person who, as a minor, was subjected to a prohibited intervention may bring a civil action within 20 years after attaining the age of 18 years against the person, health-care provider, or mental health professional who performed or provided the prohibited intervention. The bill requires a regulator to revoke a health-care provider's or mental health professional's license for performing or providing a prohibited intervention. A person who knowingly performs or provides a prohibited intervention commits a class 5 felony, and the court is required to sentence the person to the maximum term of imprisonment and impose the maximum fine.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Current law provides that a person may not submit an application for subdivision approval to a local authority unless the subdivision plan or plat provides that all lots and parcels created by the subdivision will have access to the state highway system. The bill removes this restriction and specifies that, on or after January 1, 2027, a person may submit, and a local authority may approve, an application for a subdivision plan or plat that does not provide that all lots and parcels created by the subdivision will have access to the state highway system.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Current law imposes a tax on the first sale or transfer of unprocessed retail marijuana at a rate of 15% of the average market rate of the unprocessed retail marijuana. The 'average market rate' is currently defined as the average price, as determined by the department of revenue (department), of all unprocessed retail marijuana that is sold or transferred from retail marijuana cultivation facilities in the state to retail marijuana product manufacturing facilities or retail marijuana stores. The act specifies that 'outdoor unprocessed retail marijuana' is cultivated under natural sunlight and weather conditions without artificial light or structures, except under limited specified circumstances, and 'indoor unprocessed retail marijuana' is cultivated in any manner other than 'outdoor unprocessed retail marijuana.' The act also amends the existing definition of 'average market rate' to require separate rates for fresh frozen indoor unprocessed retail marijuana and fresh frozen outdoor unprocessed retail marijuana. The act requires the department to adopt rules to establish the rates for fresh frozen indoor unprocessed retail marijuana and fresh frozen outdoor unprocessed retail marijuana on or before July 1, 2027. In addition, the existing definition of 'average market rate' requires that unprocessed retail marijuana for extractions have a separate average market rate that is lower than the rate for unprocessed retail marijuana for direct sale to consumers. The act maintains this requirement. The act also requires the department to publish a general description of the methodology and data sources used to establish the rate for each average market rate category of unprocessed retail marijuana.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The act allows off-campus courses to be included in concurrent enrollment programs when the off-campus courses meet the requirements for concurrent enrollment programs and the requirements of an accrediting agency recognized by the United States department of education. The act provides that additional concurrent enrollment courses shall not be approved after July 1, 2028 unless the general assembly indicates in a footnote in the general appropriations act that the department of education (department) has sufficient funding for course and audit oversight requirements to allow approval of additional concurrent enrollment courses. For the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $66,056 from the general fund to the department and reduces the general fund appropriation for the college opportunity fund program by $80,178 with a corresponding decrease in reappropriated funds for the regents of the university of Colorado.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The act increases funding for county child abuse prevention services and programs by changing the source of reimbursement money transmitted to the Colorado child abuse prevention trust fund (trust fund) from money received for all prevention services and programs identified in the federal Title IV-E clearinghouse (prevention services clearinghouse) to money received by the Colorado department of early childhood and identified in the prevention services clearinghouse. The act continues the trust fund and Colorado child abuse prevention board indefinitely. For the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the general assembly anticipates that the department of human services will receive $150,000 in federal funds to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The bill codifies an individual's right to own, possess, and use a firearm to the maximum extent permissible by the state and federal constitutions. Extreme risk protection orders and temporary extreme risk protection orders are repealed.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

The act makes the following changes to statutes relating to transportation:Changes the name of the freight mobility and safety branch within the development division of the department of transportation to the office of freight mobility and safety;Clarifies that each state agency is responsible for paying its proportionate part of the cost of maintenance and operation of fueling infrastructure to support its motor vehicle fleet;Clarifies that the definition of 'gas spot price' means the Henry Hub natural gas spot price as reported by the United States energy information administration or another price index selected by the commission;Permits the Colorado energy and carbon management commission to change the natural gas index used each quarter when setting the spot price, depending on regional market dynamics;Clarifies that the department of revenue shall not issue an instruction permit or endorsement to a person who is under 21 years old to drive a motorcycle unless the applicant has successfully completed an instruction program in motorcycle safety that is approved by the Colorado state patrol;Clarifies that if an individual renews their license online, they must attest they have had an eye exam by an optometrist or ophthalmologist within the past year;Modifies how driver license expiration dates are calculated to allow for online renewal of driver licenses and identification cards when the credential photograph is greater than 10 years old;Clarifies that the driver of a commercial vehicle, including a bus, must affix tire chains or approved alternate traction devices to the number of drive wheel tires required by and in the manner prescribed by the department of transportation's rules governing chain law and passenger vehicle traction law requirements on the state highway system;Removes 'tire cables' as comparable traction basis to define 'alternative traction device';Clarifies that a driver of a commercial vehicle may not enter the farthest left-hand general purpose lane when driving specified sections of interstate 70;Clarifies that the city and county of Broomfield is added to transportation commission district 4;Relocates a provision concerning the chief engineer from the statutory section governing the highway maintenance division to the statutory section governing the chief engineer;Clarifies that the division of transit and rail does not have exclusive authority over transit and rail;Repeals a statutory section concerning a study prepared by legislative council staff on the transportation commission districts, which has been completed;Redirects revenue from a permitting fee imposed by the department of transportation on companies authorized to install and remove tire chains from the highway users tax fund to the state highway fund;Eliminates the department of transportation's authority to establish rules related to noise mitigation and removes references to noise mitigation rules; Repeals provisions concerning the special account for highway bridge repair and allocations of certain past revenues within the highway users tax fund; Defines 'toll evasion' as failing to pay a toll; avoiding a toll; or entering or exiting a toll lane outside of a designated access or egress point, including swerving between a toll lane and a general purpose lane, without regard to whether a toll was assessed or paid;Permits the transportation enterprise board to pay the deductible on insurance policies it purchases for public passenger rail service to cover passenger rail liabilities;Permits the clean transit enterprise board to extend the 2-year limit on spending money from the local transit operations cash fund for capital awards; Establishes a 4-year term limit for members of the nonattainment area air pollution mitigation enterprise board who are appointed by the governor and clarifies when the initial term for each appointment ends; andRepeals a requirement that the transportation commission approve transfers of money directed by the division of aeronautics from the aviation account of the transportation infrastructure revolving fund to the aviation fund, which amounts must not exceed transfers previously approved by the Colorado aeronautical board.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The state constitution limits the number of days the general assembly may meet to no more than 120 calendar days for a regular session each year. The bill further limits the length of each regular session to no more than 90 consecutive calendar days each year.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

The act authorizes a local government with permitting authority over land uses (local government) to designate one or more areas within the jurisdiction of the local government as renewable energy reinvestment areas for the siting of renewable energy and energy storage system projects (eligible projects). In designating an area as a renewable energy reinvestment area, the local government must hold at least one public hearing and hold at least one public hearing for any construction permit applications required for a proposed eligible project in the renewable energy reinvestment area or must designate the area as part of an urban renewal plan or county revitalization plan and ensure that any outreach to and engagement of disproportionately impacted communities is consistent with statutory requirements. A local government cannot designate an eligible site within tribal lands without first consulting with the tribe with jurisdiction over the lands. If an eligible project is sited in a renewable energy reinvestment area, an urban renewal authority or county revitalization authority (authority) may distribute tax increment revenue to finance or reimburse costs associated with the eligible project if the renewable energy reinvestment area is included in the authority's urban renewal plan or county revitalization plan. In response to a request made by a local government or an eligible project developer for information regarding a designated renewable energy reinvestment area, a utility is required to acknowledge the request and provide the requestor readily available information within 30 days after the request is made. The Colorado energy office is required to consolidate, publish on its website, and periodically update technical and informational resources concerning the process for siting, permitting, and developing eligible projects in renewable energy reinvestment areas.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The bill establishes ownership rights of agricultural data and requirements for transactions involving agricultural data. There are 2 types of agricultural data: Raw agricultural data and transformed agricultural data. Raw agricultural data is defined as unprocessed information and data generated from agricultural production operations, agricultural equipment operations, or agricultural land that consists of factual observations and measurements and that has not been converted to transformed agricultural data. Transformed agricultural data is defined as raw agricultural data that has been analyzed or otherwise transformed through the application of algorithms or analytical methods to produce information that could be considered intellectual property.The bill establishes that an agricultural producer (producer) that generates raw agricultural data from the producer's agricultural operations retains ownership of the raw agricultural data and is entitled to sell that data to a data service provider and receive fair compensation for that raw agricultural data. The bill also establishes that a producer that provides raw agricultural data to a data service provider that then converts the raw agricultural data to transformed agricultural data still retains ownership of the transformed agricultural data and may copyright, distribute, license, or sell the transformed agricultural data. A producer may also enter into agreements with multiple data service providers regarding the use of the producer's raw agricultural data and transformed agricultural data.The bill establishes limits on what a data service provider may do with a producer's transformed agricultural data. A data service provider must not:Prevent a producer from monetizing the producer's transformed agricultural data;Limit or restrict the markets for transformed agricultural data that a producer may participate in;Impose contractual provisions that grant the data service provider exclusive rights to the producer's data without fair market value compensation; orDiscriminate or retaliate against a producer based on the producer's decisions regarding the monetization of the producer's data.The bill establishes an excise tax on transactions involving transformed agricultural data that occur within the state or transactions involving transformed agricultural data generated by producers in the state. On and after July 1, 2027, an excise tax of 3% of the net taxable sales from a data transaction will be collected on data transactions, unless the transaction meets certain exceptions. The money collected from the excise tax will be deposited into the Colorado agricultural future loan program cash fund, which supports young producers in Colorado. The bill contains certain provisions related to how the department of agriculture will collect, implement, and enforce the excise tax. The excise tax will be referred to voters for approval at the statewide election held in November 2026.The bill authorizes the attorney general or a district attorney to enforce the provisions of the bill as an unfair and deceptive trade practice under the "Colorado Consumer Protection Act".(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

The bill adds to the list of impermissible collection actions that a medical creditor is prohibited from using when collecting on a medical debt. Current law requires a medical creditor to comply with certain conditions and notify a patient with medical debt 30 days before taking any permissible extraordinary collection actions. In addition to providing notice before taking any permissible extraordinary collection actions, the bill requires a medical creditor to notify a patient 30 days before collecting, transferring, selling, or assigning a medical debt, and to verify the patient has been screened for public health insurance programs and discounted care. The bill requires a medical creditor to offer a reasonable payment plan to each patient with medical debt. If the medical creditor violates the requirements for selling, transferring, or assigning medical debt, or undertaking collection activities, the patient is entitled to damages in the amount of $3,000 or actual damages, whichever is greater.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)