Colorado House Bill 1259
Session 2025A
In Vitro Fertilization Protection & Gamete Donation Requirements
Became Law
Signed by Governor on May 30, 2025
Sponsors
First Action
Feb 12, 2025
Latest Action
May 30, 2025
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1259
State
Colorado
Session
2025A
Motion Text
CONCUR
House Roll Call Votes
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Garcia
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Excused
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Summary
The act adds statutory protections for in vitro fertilization and other assisted reproductive health-care procedures.
Current law requires gamete banks and fertility clinics (donor banks) to maintain donor identifying information and update it every 3 years. The act requires donor banks to encourage donors to inform the donor banks of significant updates to the donor's medical history after the donor made a donation. The donor bank is then required to document that significant medical history update.
Current law prohibits donor banks from interfering with an adult donor-conceived person communicating about the gamete donor with the donor-conceived person's friends, family, or other third parties. The act encourages donor banks to provide information to donor-conceived persons regarding the physical and emotional risks associated with releasing a donor's private information to outside parties.
The act repeals certain provisions relating to gamete donor record stewardship in the event of donor bank dissolution, bankruptcy, or insolvency and eliminates the requirement that donor banks inform a recipient parent about future implications about a gamete donor's medical history or other persons conceived using the same gamete donor.
Current law requires the department of public health and environment (department) to draft written materials that must be provided to individuals prior to donating or receiving gametes. The act maintains that requirement, but does not require donor banks to use the department's written material. Donor banks are permitted to develop their own written materials to meet the statutory requirement of providing certain information to an individual prior to donating or receiving gametes.
The act eliminates the department's ability to perform on-site inspections or perform in-person investigations on donor banks located outside the state.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Signed Act (05/30/2025)
Final Act (05/19/2025)
Rerevised (05/06/2025)
Revised (05/02/2025)
Reengrossed (04/21/2025)
Engrossed (04/17/2025)
Introduced (02/12/2025)
PA2 (05/02/2025)
PA1 (03/20/2025)
Committee Amendment
Fiscal Note FN3 (07/16/2025)
Fiscal Note FN2 (04/29/2025)
Fiscal Note FN1 (02/28/2025)
Fiscal Note SA1 (04/11/2025)
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05/30/2025
Office of the Governor
Governor Signed
05/19/2025
Office of the Governor
Sent to the Governor
05/19/2025
Senate
Signed by the President of the Senate
05/19/2025
House
Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/07/2025
House
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/06/2025
House
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
05/06/2025
Senate
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
05/05/2025
Senate
Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
05/02/2025
Senate
Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
05/01/2025
Senate
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/28/2025
Senate
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
04/21/2025
House
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/17/2025
House
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
04/15/2025
House
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
03/18/2025
House
House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
03/04/2025
House
House Committee on Health & Human Services Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
02/12/2025
House
Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services
Sources
CO Legislature
Record Created
Feb 12, 2025 11:03:55 PM
Record Updated
Jul 17, 2025 7:44:03 AM