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Park County commissioners urge governor to veto Colorado Senate Bill 2025-003
Summary
The Park County Board of County Commissioners adopted a resolution on April 8 urging Gov. Jared Polis to veto Senate Bill 2025‑003, citing unfunded mandates for sheriffs and restrictions on certain semiautomatic firearms; the measure passed the board 3–0.
The Park County Board of County Commissioners on April 8 adopted a resolution urging Gov. Jared Polis to veto Colorado Senate Bill 2025‑003, saying the legislation would restrict certain semiautomatic firearms and impose new duties on county sheriffs. The board voted 3–0 to adopt the resolution.
The resolution, read into the record by Chairman Dave Wessel, describes SB 2025‑003 as prohibiting the manufacture, distribution, transfer, sale or purchase of certain semiautomatic rifles, semiautomatic shotguns with detachable magazines and certain gas-operated semiautomatic handguns “with limited exceptions” and requiring additional background checks and safety courses. The text states that violations would be treated as a class 2 misdemeanor and that subsequent offenses could escalate to a class 6 felony.
The resolution also says the bill will require county sheriffs to perform fingerprinting and background checks for firearms-course cards without additional funding, and it cites an estimated hit to Colorado Parks and Wildlife revenue of $1.4 million in the first year and $500,000 annually thereafter. Those cost and enforcement claims are stated in the resolution text that the board read into the record.
Board members framed the resolution as an expression of the county’s opposition to the bill’s scope and its effects on rural residents, law enforcement and licensed firearms businesses. The board’s adopted text requests that the governor veto the bill if it is presented for signature.
The motion to adopt the resolution was moved and seconded during the meeting; the resolution passed on a unanimous 3–0 vote. The county assigned the resolution number 2025‑007 at adoption.
No public comment in opposition or support was recorded during the board’s discussion of the resolution at the April 8 meeting.
Park County’s resolution repeats several specific legal and budgetary claims about SB 2025‑003 as contained in the document the board adopted; the article summarizes those claims without endorsing their accuracy.
