Single Point of Contact Wireless Services
| Type | Bill |
|---|---|
| Session | 2025 Regular Session |
| Subjects |
Concerning government agency assistance in services related to wireless communication.
Bill Summary:
Under current law, the Colorado broadband office provides technical assistance to grant applicants related to grants to deploy broadband services. The act expands the technical assistance to grant applicants to include assistance related to grants to deploy wireless service.
The act requires an emergency alert sent by the state or a county, municipality, or alerting authority to be sent in a predominant minority language if the county has at least 2,000 citizens who are 18 years of age or older and who speak the predominant minority language and speak English less than very well, as defined by the United States bureau of the census American community survey or comparable census data. The state, counties, municipalities, and alerting authorities are encouraged to use available technology to issue emergency alerts in as many languages as possible in the same method as an English alert. Each alerting authority that is required to send emergency alerts in a predominant minority language is encouraged to conduct community outreach to inform people with limited English proficiency of the availability of language interpretation and translation options for emergency alerts. Alerts must comply with the act by July 1, 2027.
The act allows the 911 services enterprise to distribute grants to local alerting authorities to implement language and accessibility services for emergency alerts.
The act imposes the 911 prepaid wireless charge and 988 surcharge to prepaid wireless telecommunication services.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Related Documents & Information
| Date | Version | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 03/12/2025 | SA1 |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Adopt amendment L.010 | The motion passed without objection. | Vote summary |
| Refer Senate Bill 25-031, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. | The motion passed on a vote of 7-6. | Vote summary |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Refer Senate Bill 25-031 to the Committee of the Whole. | The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. | Vote summary |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Adopt amendment L.004 | The motion passed without objection. | Vote summary |
| Adopt amendment L.005 | The motion passed without objection. | Vote summary |
| Refer Senate Bill 25-031, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. | The motion passed on a vote of 5-1. | Vote summary |
| Date | Calendar | Motion | Vote | Vote Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/16/2025 | House Amendments | REPASS |
29
AYE
3
NO
3
OTHER
|
Vote record |
| 04/16/2025 | House Amendments | CONCUR |
32
AYE
0
NO
3
OTHER
|
Vote record |
| 03/19/2025 | Third Reading | BILL |
31
AYE
3
NO
0
OTHER
|
Vote record |
| Date | Calendar | Motion | Vote | Vote Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/14/2025 | Third Reading | BILL |
47
AYE
17
NO
1
OTHER
|
Vote record |
| Date | Amendment Number | Committee/ Floor Hearing | Status | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/11/2025 | L.012 | Second Reading | Passed [**] | |
| 04/02/2025 | L.010 | HOU Business Affairs & Labor | Passed [*] | |
| 03/18/2025 | L.007 | Second Reading | Passed [**] | |
| 02/25/2025 | L.005 | SEN Business, Labor, & Technology | Passed [*] | |
| 02/25/2025 | L.004 | SEN Business, Labor, & Technology | Passed [*] |
| Date | Location | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 04/30/2025 | Governor | Governor Signed |
| 04/25/2025 | Governor | Sent to the Governor |
| 04/25/2025 | House | Signed by the Speaker of the House |
| 04/24/2025 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate |
| 04/16/2025 | Senate | Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass |
| 04/14/2025 | House | House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 04/11/2025 | House | House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor |
| 04/07/2025 | House | House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments |
| 04/02/2025 | House | House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole |
| 03/19/2025 | House | Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor |
| 03/19/2025 | Senate | Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 03/18/2025 | Senate | Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor |
| 03/14/2025 | Senate | Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole |
| 02/25/2025 | Senate | Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations |
| 01/08/2025 | Senate | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology |
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| Effective Date | Chapter # | Title | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/06/2025 | 147 | Single Point of Contact Wireless Services |