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Senate repasses bill aimed at preventing civil-rights violations tied to immigration status
Summary
The Colorado Senate concurred with House amendments and repassed Senate Bill 276 on May 1, 2025. Sponsors said the bill seeks to prevent violations of civil rights based on immigration status; opponents warned it contains provisions they found problematic. The final vote was 23 ayes, 12 no.
The Colorado Senate on May 1, 2025, concurred in House amendments to and then repassed Senate Bill 276, legislation described by sponsors as measures "to prevent the violation of civil rights of persons in Colorado based on immigration status" and to reduce an associated appropriation. The motion to repass the bill carried 23 ayes and 12 no votes.
Senator Julie Weisman moved that the Senate concur in the House amendments and said the changes were mostly technical and included a hospital-related amendment requested to align treatment of certain hospitals with Denver Health. "Some changes were frankly pretty small and linguistic," Weisman said when explaining concurrence with the House version. She also said…
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