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Colorado · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 25-1163: Free Access to State Parks for Colorado Ute Tribes

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 25-1163 is a bill introduced in the Colorado House on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Free Access to State Parks for Colorado Ute Tribes. Primary sponsor: Cleave Simpson (Republican), Dylan Roberts (Democratic), Rick Taggart (Republican), Katie Stewart (Democratic). It lists 34 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 29, 2025): Governor Signed.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

The act allows enrolled members of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and enrolled members of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe to enter state parks without having to pay an entrance fee. By June 1, 2026, the division of parks and wildlife (division) in the department of natural resources (department) shall build on existing efforts to conduct outreach to and engagement with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, other tribal governments, American Indian communities, and Indigenous communities about opportunities related to state parks that are managed by the division. In January 2026 and January 2027, the department shall include, as part of its presentation during its "SMART Act" hearing, information concerning the division's outreach and engagement about opportunities related to state parks. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 26 · Republican 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Cleave SimpsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Dylan RobertsPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Rick TaggartPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Katie StewartPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse59
Judy AmabileCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate18
S. BirdCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Andy BoeseneckerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse53
Jeff BridgesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Kyle BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Jarvis CaldwellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Sean CamachoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse6
Chad CliffordCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse37
James ColemanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate33
Monica DuranCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Cecelia EspenozaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4
Lisa FeretCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24
Lisa FrizellCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Meg FroelichCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3
Ryan GonzalezCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse50
Eliza HamrickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Jamie JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse41
D. Michaelson JenetCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Rebecca KeltieCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Barbara KirkmeyerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate23
William LindstedtCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate25
Larry ListonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate10
Meghan LukensCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26
P. LundeenCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Javier MabreyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1
Julie McCluskieCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Kyle MullicaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate24
Jacque PhillipsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse31
Robert RodriguezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
M. RutinelCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Marc SnyderCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate12
Brianna TitoneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Alex ValdezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse5
Elizabeth VelascoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Governor Signed
  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House
  3. Signed by the President of the Senate
  4. Sent to the Governor
  5. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
  6. Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
  7. Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
  8. Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
  9. Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations
  10. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources
  11. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
  12. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source