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CO HB1259
Bill
Status
5/30/2025
Primary Sponsor
Kyle Brown
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AI Summary
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Establishes that every individual has the right to make autonomous decisions about reproductive health, including the right to use, destroy, or donate gametes and embryos for procreation or research
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Prohibits state and local governments from interfering with physicians' ability to provide reproductive health care and fertility treatments, including IVF, intrauterine insemination, cryopreservation, and surrogacy
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Blocks civil or criminal actions authorized in other states from being brought in Colorado against individuals for providing or receiving reproductive health care, fertility treatment, or pregnancy termination services
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Modifies the Donor-Conceived Persons Protection Act by removing the requirement for gamete agencies to request medical history updates from donors every three years, instead encouraging donors to voluntarily report significant updates
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Maintains the 25-family limit per gamete donor while streamlining administrative requirements for gamete agencies, banks, and fertility clinics, including simplified record-keeping plans and removal of certain out-of-state inspection provisions
Legislative Description
In Vitro Fertilization Protection & Gamete Donation Requirements
Children & Domestic Matters
Last Action
Governor Signed
5/30/2025