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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB25-1287

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Date Apr 2, 2025       Location HCR 0112

HB25-1287 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations
02:19:33 PM  
The primary bill sponsors, Representatives Caldwell and Lukens, introduced House Bill 25-1287 to the House Health and Human Services Committee. The bill requires social media companies to determine if users are minors, and offer those users tools to protect their health and safety, such as disabling personalized recommendations, setting time limits for daily usage or scheduling breaks, and reporting problems or unwanted contact. Social media companies must also offer supervisory tools to parents, such as managing certain account settings, viewing usage metrics, restricting purchases, or deleting the minor’s personal data collected by the social media platform. Social media companies must take measures to increase minor users’ privacy and ensure that privacy protections are enabled by default for minors’ accounts. The use of a design or algorithm to increase or sustain a minor’s engagement with the social media platform constitutes a heightened risk of harm under the Colorado Privacy Act. Any violation of these provisions is a deceptive trade practice.

A handout was provided to the committee (Attachment A).
02:31:29 PM  
The primary bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.
02:39:57 PM  
Mrs. Kiyana Newell, representing New Era Colorado, testified in opposition to the bill. Michael McReynolds, representing Governor's Office of Information Technology, testified in opposition to the bill. Vanessa Martinez, representing Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR), testified in opposition to the bill. Mr. Ari Cohn, representing Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), testified in opposition to the bill.
02:50:22 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
02:58:27 PM  
Anaya Robinson, representing ACLU of Colorado, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Ruthie Barko, representing TechNet, testified in opposition to the bill.
03:03:14 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
03:09:18 PM  
Ms. Lori Schott, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Matt Riviere, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Wendy Buxton-Andrade, representing Mental Health Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Lauren Henry, representing Children's Hospital Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Holly Grosshans, representing Common Sense Media, testified in support of the bill.
03:22:10 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
03:27:22 PM  
Mr. Stuart Jenkins, representing Colorado Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, testified in support of the bill. Warren Binford, representing Kempe Foundation, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Ernie Allen, representing Kempe Foundation, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Heather Somervill, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
03:38:03 PM  
Suzanne Ridenhour, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Elizabeth Silva, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Gabriela Ridenhour, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Kam Snyder, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
03:51:07 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
03:57:48 PM  
Maxi Gmur, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Isa Angulo, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Melissa Burkhart, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Jason McBride, representing McBride Impact, testified in support of the bill.
04:07:00 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
04:08:54 PM  
Jefferey Riester, representing Department of law, testified in support of the bill. Antonia Merzon, representing Blue Rising, testified in support of the bill. Mx. Matisse Ravenhart, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Dawn Reinfeld, representing Blue Rising, testified in support of the bill.
04:18:49 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
04:34:26 PM  
Jax Gonzalez, representing One Colorado, testified in opposition of the bill.

Additional written testimony was provided to the committee (Attachment B).
04:36:05 PM  
The bill sponsors introduced amendment L.002 (Attachment C).
04:36:06 PM  
The bill sponsors introduced amendment L.004 (Attachment D).

04:36:29 PM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment D).
Moved Feret
Seconded Bradley
Bradfield
Bradley
English
Feret
Garcia Sander
Gilchrist
Hamrick
Hartsook
McCormick
Rydin
Stewart K.
Lieder
Brown
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection

04:38:22 PM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment C).
Moved Feret
Seconded Lieder
Bradfield
Bradley
English
Feret
Garcia Sander
Gilchrist
Hamrick
Hartsook
McCormick
Rydin
Stewart K.
Lieder
Brown
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
04:38:22 PM  
The bill sponsors introduced amendment L.005 (Attachment E).

04:39:14 PM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment E).
Moved Feret
Seconded Rydin
Bradfield
Bradley
English
Feret
Garcia Sander
Gilchrist
Hamrick
Hartsook
McCormick
Rydin
Stewart K.
Lieder
Brown
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
04:39:15 PM  
The primary bill sponsors provided closing comments on the bill.
04:48:54 PM  
Members of the committee provided closing comments on the bill.

04:59:56 PM
 Motion Refer House Bill 25-1287, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved McCormick
Seconded Feret
Bradfield Yes
Bradley No
English No
Feret Yes
Garcia Sander No
Gilchrist Yes
Hamrick Yes
Hartsook Yes
McCormick Yes
Rydin Yes
Stewart K. Yes
Lieder No
Brown Yes
Final YES: 9   NO: 4   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS