Legislative update from Samantha Santee
Manager of Accounting Team, Colorado Realty and Property Management, Inc.
It’s been another crazy month of legislation! As of the drafting of this article, we have just under a month left in the legislative session, and some of our bills finally show signs of making it across the finish line. Thanks to your efforts, and the efforts of advocacy groups like the Colorado Housing Coalition (CHC), many of these bills have been substantially amended, even if they aren’t great overall. With that approaching deadline, any bills still in the works must be passed by May 7, 2025 or they are killed by the calendar.
Here are the changes on our bills this month:
HB25-1004 No Pricing Coordination Between Landlords: no changes, but this is scheduled to be heard in committee on 4/15. This must advance through the committee, second, and third reads in the Senate before it can become law.
HB25-1090: Protections Against Deceptive Pricing Practices: this bill has passed, and is waiting on the Governor’s signature to become law. Effective date: 1/1/2026.
HB25-1168: Housing Protections for Victim-Survivors: major update here: we won three amendments to this bill, including removing the original requirement of personal service only for any demand on a victim-survivor. The new requirement is now 3 attempts before posting, and send the notice through “certified mail or through any commercial mail courier, provided the notice includes a receipt or other documentation demonstrating proof of delivery.” The required payment plans have been amended again, including a reduction from 12 to 9 months, and a minimum payment of $25. There have been updates to other timelines as laid out in the bill as well. The victim-survivor must also provide the alleged abusers name, if the name is known and safe to provide, when filling out an affidavit. This bill must repass in the House before it can go to the Governor’s desk for signature, and has two separate effective dates: sections 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 11 go into effect on 8/6/25, while the rest of the bill goes into effect immediately upon signature.
HB25-1202: Increasing Public Awareness of Mold Health Effects: no major update here, this bill is stuck in appropriations in the House. This bill must pass the House committee, second, and third reads before it can be introduced in the Senate, and must then pass through the Senate committee, second, and third reads before it can become law.
HB25-1207: Pet Ownership Residential Housing Structures: this bill has been amended to remove the section that applies to CHFA housing programs, and now only applies to housing developments that receive funding through the Department of Local Affairs, except that the insurance piece affects all carriers who provide homeowners insurance in Colorado.
HB25-1235: Jury Trials for Tenant Proceedings: no update here, this bill is also stuck in appropriations in the House. This bill must pass the House committee, second, and third reads before it can be introduced in the Senate, and must then pass through the Senate committee, second, and third reads before it can become law.
HB25-1236: Residential Tenant Screening: this bill passed through the House committee with no amendments, through second reading with one minor change – one OR was changed to AND – and made it through third read as well. This has been introduced in the Senate, and is set to be heard in committee again on 4/16. This bill must pass through committee, second, and third reads before it can become law.
HB25-1240: Protections for Tenants with Housing Subsidies: this bill has passed the Senate with one minor technical amendment, and must repass in the House before it can go to the Governor’s desk for signature to become law, and would go into effect immediately upon signature.
HB25-1249: Tenant Security Deposit Protections: update here: this bill made it out of the House committee, and what a committee hearing it was! Thank you to anyone who stuck out the delay and testified against this in committee. The bill sponsor has promised amendments during the second reading. As of the writing of this article, this bill does not have a Senate sponsor. That’s important because, without a sponsor, it can’t make it through the process in the Senate, and I don’t think it can even be introduced.
SB25-020: Tenant and Landlord Law Enforcement: this bill has made it out of Senate appropriations, through second and third reads, and has been introduced in the House. It is not scheduled to be heard in committee as of the writing of this article, and must make it through committee, second, and third reads in the House before it can head to the Governor’s desk for signature.
Bills Killed this year:
HB25-1092: Rent Increases by Landlord to Tenant
HB25-1104: Squatting Prohibited
HB25-1196: Landlord Procedures for Removal of Tenants
Bills Passed this year:
HB25-1019: Third-Party Administration of Division of Housing Programs
HB25-1090: Protections Against Deceptive Pricing Practices
As always, if you have any specific questions about any of this year’s bills, please let me know!
Samantha Santee
Manager of Accounting Team, Colorado Realty and Property Management, Inc.
Legislative Chair, Colorado Housing Coalition (CHC)
