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Colorado · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 25-1251: Parental Consent to Treatment of a Minor

Introduced 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 25-1251 is a bill introduced in the Colorado House on February 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Parental Consent to Treatment of a Minor. Primary sponsor: Scott Bottoms (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 5, 2025): House Committee on Health & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

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

The bill prohibits an individual, corporation, association, organization, state-supported institution, or individual employed by any of these entities from procuring, soliciting to perform, arranging for the performance of, or performing a surgical procedure, or providing other medical or mental health services to a minor without written or verbal consent from the minor's parent. Parental consent is not required if the minor is in the custody of a county department of human or social services or the division of youth services, in a medical emergency situation, or there is a valid court order directing the provision of the medical service.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Scott BottomsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse15

“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. House Committee on Health & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely
  2. Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services

Sources

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