Colorado

Colorado: bills from both sides, with enacted laws, hearings, court cases and the legislators who sponsor the bills.

Bills

68 bills: 20 Anti-LGBTQ+, 48 Pro-LGBTQ+. 33 are enacted (0 Anti-LGBTQ+, 33 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.

Bills by status
StatusBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Failed352015
Enacted33033

Most recent bills

All 68 bills

Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of Colorado: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.

Bills by year

Introduced each year

Bills introduced each year in Colorado, by sideColumns for each year from 2009 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0510152009: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2010: 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2011: 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2012: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2013: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2015: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2016: 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2017: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2018: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2019: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2020: 4 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2021: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2023: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+, 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 8 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 6 Anti-LGBTQ+, 9 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 3 Pro-LGBTQ+201020122014201620182020202220242026Bills introduced each year in Colorado, by sideColumns for each year from 2009 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.051015201120142017202020232026

Enacted, by the year introduced

Enacted bills in Colorado by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2009 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.02468102009: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2010: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2013: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2016: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2017: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2019: 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2020: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2021: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2023: 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 6 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 9 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+201020122014201620182020202220242026Enacted bills in Colorado by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2009 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0246810201120142017202020232026
  • Anti-LGBTQ+
  • Pro-LGBTQ+

A bill is counted in the year of its session, and an enacted bill in the year it was introduced. A year with no bill in the data has no column.

Show the numbers
Bills introduced and enacted each year
YearIntroducedIntroduced, Anti-LGBTQ+Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+EnactedEnacted, Anti-LGBTQ+Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+
2026633202
20251569909
2024918606
2023624404
2021101101
2020541101
2019514404
2018422000
2017202101
2016303202
2015312000
2013101101
2012101000
2011303000
2010303101
2009101101

Topics and tags

A bill can have more than one topic or tag, so the rows add up to more than the number of bills.

Topics

Bills by topic
TopicBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Identity documents10010
Bathrooms & facilities312
Sports participation330
Youth gender-affirming care1073
Adult gender-affirming care202
Medicaid & public funding for care220
Insurance coverage101
Prisons, jails & detention101
Schools & curriculum303
Book bans & censorship312
Marriage, family & custody1459
Nondiscrimination protections14113
Hate crimes505
Religious exemptions651
Conversion therapy202
Symbolic resolutions & recognition202
Government process, funding & data413

Tags

The most-used tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Birth Certificate Or Identification808
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors550
Employment Nondiscrimination404
Marriage Equality404
Religious Exemptions: Adoption and Foster Care440
Civil Unions303
Domestic Partner Nondiscrimination303
Easy Name And Gender Changes303
Religious Exemptions: Marriage330
Religious Exemptions: PFCGDA330
Religious Exemptions: Trans DNE330
Sports Ban: SWSA330
Show the other 42 tags
The other tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Anti-Censorship: Library Protection202
Broad Nondiscrimination202
Commissions, Task Forces, and Studies202
Conversion Therapy Ban202
End Trans Panic Defense202
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Liability Law220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Public Funds220
Hate Crime Classification202
Healthcare Nondiscrimination202
Inclusive Bathrooms202
LGBTQ+ Inclusive Curriculum202
Safe State Bill202
Sports Ban: Colleges220
Sports Ban: K12220
Anti-Censorship: Book Ban Ban101
Appropriations101
Censorship: Age Verification110
Censorship: Online Obscenity110
Child Custody Bill110
Child Custody Bill: DACPA110
Education Nondiscrimination101
Forced Outing: Schools: Trans110
Gender Affirming Care101
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Therapy or Counseling Ban110
HIV and STI Care101
Hate Crime Data Collection101
Holiday/Recognition101
Housing Nondiscrimination101
Insurance Nondiscrimination101
Jury Nondiscrimination101
LGBTQ+ Recognition101
LGBTQ+ Youth Mentorship101
Prisoner Nondiscrimination101
Provider Protections101
Public Accommodations Nondiscrimination101
Public Investment Restriction: Anti-Boycotts110
Public Investment Restriction: ESG Funds Ban110
Religious Exemptions: K12101
Religious Exemptions: Medical110
Same-Sex Marriage Discrimination110
Sports Ban: Secondary110
Trans Bathroom Ban: Public Accommodations110

Hearings

No hearings are listed for this jurisdiction.

Legislators

The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.

Legislators, by the number of the listed bills they sponsor
NamePartyRoleDistrictBills sponsored
Brianna TitoneDRepresentativeHD-02721
Julie GonzalesDSenatorSD-03421
Chris KolkerDSenatorSD-01620
Meg FroelichDRepresentativeHD-00320
Nick HinrichsenDSenatorSD-00320
Cathy KippDRepresentativeSD-01419
Jennifer BaconDRepresentativeHD-00719
Judith AmabileDRepresentativeSD-01819
Andrew BoeseneckerDRepresentativeHD-05318
Janice MarchmanDSenatorSD-01518

All 165 legislators

Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.

Court cases

Cases placed in this jurisdiction by where the court sits, newest first. Each case links to its own page, which has the caption.

Court cases, newest first
CaseCourtLevelYear
Case c71924124D. Colo.District2026
Case 1:26-cv-03427D. Colo.District2026
Case ncd3098291dD. Colo.District2025
Case c4496953D. Colo.District2021
Case 1:18-cv-02074D. Colo.District2018
Case n8833f915c7D. Colo.District2018

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Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used here in modified form. Outcome coding, category tags and the summaries are the Trans Data Initiative team's, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 with credit.