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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB25-1259

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Date Mar 4, 2025       Location HCR 0112

HB25-1259 - Lay Over
12:39:52 PM  
The primary bill sponsors, Representatives Froelich and Brown, introduced House Bill 25-1259 to the House Health and Human Services Committee. The bill creates a right to in vitro fertilization and other assisted reproductive procedures. The bill also makes changes to current requirements for gamete banks and fertility clinics (donor banks) including removing the requirement that donor banks must continually update donor information; eliminating the requirement that a person conceived from gamete donor cannot communicate about the gamete donor with third parties; repealing provisions related to holding donor records in the event of donor bank dissolution and removes the requirement to tell parents about a donor’s medical history or others who were conceived using the same donor; requiring donor banks to draft materials for individuals prior to donating or receiving gametes, instead of the Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE); and making it optional instead of required for donor recipients to notify donor banks about live births using donated gametes. The bill also changes donor bank licensure renewal from annually to every five years; removes the requirement for CDPHE to investigate out-of-state donor banks; and revises penalties for noncompliance, replacing the automatic $20,000 per-day fine with a civil penalty to be determined by the State Board of Health following a hearing.
12:48:32 PM  
The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.
12:54:00 PM  
Judith Hoechst, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Betsy Cairo, representing CryoGam Colorado, LLC, testified in support of the bill. Kristina Shaw, representing Colorado Fertility Advocates, testified in support of the bill. Vanessa Martinez, representing Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR), testified in support of the bill.
01:05:08 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
01:10:53 PM  
Sarah Jeffers, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Jamie Spiers, representing U.S. Donor Conceived Council, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Lindsey Terry, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Elizabeth Reisen, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill.
01:19:33 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
01:26:11 PM  
A handout was provided to the committee (Attachment D).
01:27:41 PM  
Laura Runnels, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Lori Metz, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Christina Spencer, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill.
01:34:33 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
01:35:32 PM  
Naomi Cahn, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Melanie Mikkelsen, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Rachel Heffner, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill.
01:35:32 PM  
Naomi Cahn, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Melanie Mikkelsen, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Rachel Heffner, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill.
01:43:22 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
01:43:57 PM  
Ms. Kathleen Lawler, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Mrs. Maia Emmons-Boring, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Morgan Schumann, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Melissa Lindsey, representing Donor Conceived Community, testified in opposition to the bill.
01:53:57 PM  
Dylan Stone-Miller, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Neylan Griffy, representing USDCC, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Katherine Boldt, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Rachel Schiff, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Melissa Bornico, representing Tyler Sniff, testified in opposition to the bill.
02:07:53 PM  
Mr. Richard Uhrlaub, representing ASRC/CTTA, testified to amend the bill. Mr. Dylan Morgan, representing Cascade Cryobank, testified to amend the bill. Former Senator Steve Fenberg, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill.
02:15:55 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
02:21:18 PM  
Ellen Trachman, representing Colorado Women's Bar Association, testified in support of the bill. Laura Koupal, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Hazel Gibson, representing Progressnow Colorado, testified in support of the bill.

Additional written testimony was submitted to the committee (Attachment E).
02:28:06 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
02:32:00 PM  
The bill sponsors asked that the bill be laid over for action only.