by Colleen Enos (CHEC Director of Government Relations)

The CHEC 2025 Homeschool Freedom End-of-Session Report is now published and linked in this blog post. It is a sampling of twenty-eight bills from the legislative session — a total of 657 bills were introduced in the Colorado House of Representatives and the Colorado Senate, with an additional 75 House and Senate Resolutions. This was a large volume of legislation for the 120-day annual session.

The report is divided into six sections: Home Education, Education, Parental Rights, Life, Families/Healthcare, and Religious Liberty. Several bills could appear under more than one section, but they were placed under the most pertinent category. Also included is a Legislative Voting Grid for twenty-four of the bills, since four of the bills did not have a vote taken on them outside of their respective committee hearing. Feel free to use this grid to check how your representative and senator voted on any bill listed that you are concerned about.

Targeted focus was clearly placed on attacking parental rights, curtailing free speech, and undermining religious liberty. Bills like HB25-1252, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Regulation of Abortion Clinics, which would have required the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to license, regulate, and inspect second- and third-trimester abortion clinics, and HB25-1251, Parental Consent to Treatment of a Minor, which would have required parental consent for medical or mental health treatment of a minor seventeen years old or younger, were unceremoniously killed.

However, HB25-1312, Legal Protections for Transgender Individuals, which added “chosen name” and “gender expression” to the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA), and HB25-1109, Gender Identity Certificate of Death, which directs the Office of Vital Statistics to add a “gender” field to the death certificate, were both passed.

We can expect to hear even more anti-Trump narratives from our Governor and state officials as we move deeper into 2025 and see how the priorities of the new administration are applied in Colorado.

We must all be vigilant in monitoring how Colorado implements its new laws from the 2025 session and whether any lawsuits are filed to challenge them. Our voices should be heard loud and clear so that our legislators can act upon them when they begin the 2026 legislative session.

Download the 2025 Homeschool Freedom End-of-Session Report & 2025 Homeschool Freedom Voting Grid

In Him,

Colleen Enos

CHEC Director of Government Relations

colleen@chec.org

About the Author: Colleen Enos

Colleen is a homeschooling mom of eight who just completed schooling her last two children. Her children range in age from 19 to 35 years old. She has been married to her husband, Mark, for 38 years, and they are now grandparents to five grandbabies. She has been a speech and debate coach for 17 years, pouring her time, effort, and energy into preparing the next generation to speak truth into our culture. Colleen serves homeschool families as the CHEC Director of Government Relations and is working hard to safeguard homeschool freedom through her work with the legislature. You can reach Colleen at colleen@chec.org.