SB 25-031 CO

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Under current law, the Colorado broadband office provides technical assistance to grant applicants related to grants to deploy broadband services. The act expands the technical assistance to grant applicants to include assistance related to grants to deploy wireless service. The act requires an emergency alert sent by the state or a county, municipality, or alerting authority to be sent in a predominant minority language if the county has at least 2,000 citizens who are 18 years of age or older and who speak the predominant minority language and speak English less than very well, as defined by the United States bureau of the census American community survey or comparable census data. The state, counties, municipalities, and alerting authorities are encouraged to use available technology to issue emergency alerts in as many languages as possible in the same method as an English alert. Each alerting authority that is required to send emergency alerts in a predominant minority language is encouraged to conduct community outreach to inform people with limited English proficiency of the availability of language interpretation and translation options for emergency alerts. Alerts must comply with the act by July 1, 2027. The act allows the 911 services enterprise to distribute grants to local alerting authorities to implement language and accessibility services for emergency alerts. The act imposes the 911 prepaid wireless charge and 988 surcharge to prepaid wireless telecommunication services. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• Dylan Roberts Democratic · primary
• Matt Soper Republican · primary
• Elizabeth Velasco Democratic · primary

1. Apr 30, 2025 Governor Signed · executive
2. Apr 25, 2025 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. Apr 25, 2025 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
4. Apr 24, 2025 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
5. Apr 16, 2025 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · upper
6. Apr 14, 2025 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
7. Apr 11, 2025 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
8. Apr 7, 2025 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
9. Apr 2, 2025 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
10. Mar 19, 2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor · lower
11. Mar 19, 2025 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
12. Mar 18, 2025 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · upper
13. Mar 14, 2025 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
14. Feb 25, 2025 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations · upper
15. Jan 8, 2025 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology · upper