2025 CO Firearm Legislation - We The Second Colorado

2025 Colorado 2A Legislative Watch

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THE 75TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL CONVENE ON JANUARY 8th, 2025 AND WILL ADJOURN MAY 7th, 2025.

Bill Number	Title	WTS Position	Sponsor(s)	Committee	Status	Description
SB25-003	Semi-Auto Gun Ban / Assault Weapons Ban	Oppose	Sullivan Gonzales Froelich Boesenecker	—-	• Signed by Governor Polis on 4/10	Prohibits the sale, manufacture or purchase of semi-automatic weapons that use detachable magazines. Bans bump stocks and rapid fire trigger activators in Colorado.
SB25-034	Voluntary Do-Not-Sell Firearms Waiver	Oppose	Kipp Boesenecker	—-	• Signed by Governor Polis on 6/2	Voluntarily waives the right to purchase a firearm.
HB25-1062	Penalty for Theft of Firearms	Support	Armagost Duran Hinrichsen	—-	• Signed by Governor Polis on 6/2	Makes theft of a firearm a class 6 felony, regardless of the firearm’s value. Subsequent violations, including multiple firearms stolen in the same criminal incident, are separate class 5 felonies.
HB25-1055	Repeal Firearm Dealer Requirements & State Permit	Support	Brooks	—-	• Died in Committee	Repeals the requirement that a firearm dealer have a state permit.
HB25-1133	Requirements for Sale of Firearms Ammunition	Oppose	Duran Amabile Kipp	—-	• Signed by Governor Polis 4/18	Raise the age to buy ammunition to 21; require ammunition sales to require vendor help; online ammunition sale requirements and restrictions.
HB25-1128	Income Tax Credit for Firearm Safety Device	Support	Espenoza Mullica	—-	• Died in Committee	Creates a new income tax credit equal to the purchase price of a firearm safety device (such as a gun safe).
HB25-1164	Constitutional Carry of Handgun	Support	Wienberg	—-	• Died in Committee	Enact the legal right to carry a handgun without a permit in public.
HB25-1250	Gun Violence Prevention & Parents of Students	Oppose	Hamrick Cutter	—-	• Signed by Governor Polis on 6/2	Requires the Colorado Office of Gun Violence in the department of public health and environment to post the office’s gun violence prevention materials in an accessible manner on the office’s website for school districts.
HB25-1238	Gun Show Requirements	Oppose	Jospeph Camacho Kipp	—-	• Signed by Governor Polis 4/18	Establishes new regulations for gun shows in Colorado. It sets requirements for gun show promoters and vendors, including security measures, liability insurance, vendor qualifications, and firearm sales procedures.
HB25-1225	Intimidation in Elections Rules	Oppose	Woodrow Velasco Hinrichsen	—-	• Signed by Governor Polis on 5/12	Creates new laws expanding the definition of election-related activities and criminalizes gun owners who may interact with others about elections, including law enforcement.
HB25-1232	Liability When Means of Self-Defense Prohibited	Support	Luck	—-	• Died in Commitee	Creates a liability for harm suffered on another’s property when a person is not allowed the means to defend themselves on the property.
SB25-158	State Agency Procurement & Disposal of Weapons	Oppose	Sullivan Gonzales Froelich Brown	—–	• Signed by Governor Polis on 5/30	Imposes strict regulations on how law enforcement agencies handle firearms, requiring the destruction of those that are retired, damaged, or declared surplus.
HB25-1258	Scientific Wildlife Management	Oppose	Story Velasco	—-	• Died in Committee	Orders the Commission to “use the best available wildlife and ecological science to adopt rules that benefit wildlife, whole ecosystem health, and all Coloradans.” This bill could mean the end of hunting and fishing in Colorado.
SB25-205	Firearm Serial Number Check	Oppose	Hinrichsen Espenoza Lindstedt	—-	• Signed by Governor Polis on 6/2	Establishes a procedure to allow a FFL request a firearm serial number check prior to purchasing a firearm from an individual. Imposes a penalty on a FFL if they fail to file a report with law enforcement when they “reasonably believe, know or should know, or become aware that a person sold or attempted to sell a firearm that is stolen, lost, or involved in an open criminal investigation.”
HB25-1314	Peace Officer Status for DOR Firearm Dealer Division	Oppose	Sirota Lindstedt Kipp	—-	• Signed by Governor Polis on 5/23	Grants peace officer status to employees within the Department of Revenue’s new Firearms Dealer Division, giving them the ability to carry weapons, conduct investigations, and make arrests.
SB25-086	Restrictions on Social Media	Oppose	Frizell Daugherty Boesenecker Hartsook	—-	• Vetoed by Governor Polis 4/24	Forces social media companies to monitor, censor, and report users who post about firearm sales, treating lawful speech like criminal activity.
TBD	Defines an Armory / Creates Gun Buying Limits	Oppose	Woodrow	—-	Not Introduced	Defines an armory and limits the number of firearms you may purchase and own. Creates a firearms registry.