HB 25-1225 CO

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Became Law

The"Freedom From Intimidation In Elections Act" is created and prohibits any individual from intimidating, threatening, or coercing or attempting to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any individual for: Voting or attempting to vote; Urging or aiding any individual to vote or attempt to vote; Exercising any powers or duties to administer elections, including vote counting, canvassing, and election certification; or The individual's status as a past or present participant in the administration of elections. The act specifies that an individual who carries a visible firearm, imitation firearm, or toy firearm while interacting with or observing any of the specified election-related activities is presumed, in the absence of any affirmative showing to the contrary by a preponderance of the evidence, to have engaged in intimidation prohibited by the act; except that the presumption does not apply to a law enforcement officer or a uniformed security guard acting within the scope of their authority, and mere possession of a holstered firearm by such an officer or guard while interacting with or observing any of the specified election-related activities does not violate the Act. An aggrieved individual, an election official, a designated election official, the secretary of state, or the attorney general may enforce the provisions of the act. A suit brought by an election official, a designated election official, the secretary of state, or the attorney general does not preclude a contemporaneous private suit by an aggrieved individual to enforce the provisions of the act. In a suit to enforce the provisions of the act, a court may grant relief enjoining the use or carrying of firearms by a defendant beyond the existing prohibitions on using or carrying firearms in or near polling locations drop boxes and in or on the property of ceratin types of government buildings. To prevail in a suit to enforce the provisions of the act, a plaintiff is not required to prove that a defendant intended to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any individual, except to prove an attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, but a court may consider evidence of intent in determining the appropriate relief. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• Steven Woodrow Democratic · primary
• Elizabeth Velasco Democratic · primary
• Nick Hinrichsen Democratic · primary
• Lindsey Daugherty Democratic · primary

1. May 12, 2025 Governor Signed · executive
2. May 6, 2025 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. May 6, 2025 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
4. May 6, 2025 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
5. May 1, 2025 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · lower
6. Apr 29, 2025 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily · lower
7. Apr 28, 2025 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
8. Apr 25, 2025 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor · upper
9. Apr 21, 2025 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/25/2025 - No Amendments · upper
10. Apr 15, 2025 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
11. Apr 3, 2025 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs · upper
12. Apr 1, 2025 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
13. Mar 31, 2025 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
14. Mar 28, 2025 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · lower
15. Mar 20, 2025 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
16. Mar 17, 2025 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
17. Feb 11, 2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs · lower