Senator Rodriguez, prime sponsor, introduced and explained Senate Bill 25B-004. The bill repeals and reenacts standards and requirements for the development and use of artificial intelligence systems established in Senate Bill 24-205 to take effect February 1, 2026.

The bill sponsor responded to questions from the committee.

Amelia Schachter, representing AARP, testified in support of the bill. Hillary Jorgensen, representing Colorado Cross Disability Coalition, testified in support of the bill. Charles Brennan, representing Colorado Center on Law and Policy, testified in support of the bill. Kjersten Forseth, representing CO AFL-CIO, testified in support of the bill.

Steven Schwartz, representing AARP, testified in support of the bill. Adam Fox, representing Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, testified in support of the bill. Andrew Barton, representing Colorado Common Cause, testified in support of the bill. Anaya Robinson, representing ACLU of Colorado, testified in support of the bill.

The panelists responded to questions from the committee.

Lisbet Finseth, representing National Multiple Sclerosis Society, testified in support of the bill. Nina DiSalvo, representing Towards Justice, testified in support of the bill.

Steve Wimmer, representing Transparency Coalition, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Baobao Zhang, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Kara Williams, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Andrea Kuwik, representing Bell Policy Center, testified in support of the bill. Juan Pinto Diaz, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Serena Oduro, representing Data and Society Research Institute, testified in support of the bill.

Grace Gedye, representing Consumer Reports, testified in support of the bill. Kenneth Maestas, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Michael Neil, representing Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, testified in support of the bill. Jade Kelly, representing CWA Local 7799, testified in support of the bill. Vinhcent Le, representing TechEquity Action, testified in support of the bill. Bridget Burton, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.

The panelists responded to questions from the committee.

Dr. Jed Brown, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Angelina Cook, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Melanie Reiser, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.

Alejandra Beatty, representing the Boulder Area Labor Council, testified in support of the bill.

Andrew Wood, representing TechNet, testified to amend the bill. Jennifer Prusak, representing CASE, testified to amend the bill. Michelle Bourgeois, representing CASE, testified to amend the bill. Rachel Beck, representing Colorado Chamber, testified to amend the bill.

The panelists responded to questions from the committee.

Brittany Morris Saunders, representing Colorado Technology Association, testified to amend the bill. Annette Quintana, representing Istonish Inc., testified to amend the bill. Adams Price, representing Aptum Capital Advisors and Colorado Technology Association, testified to amend the bill. Jon Nordmark, representing Iterate AI, testified to amend the bill.

The panelists responded to questions from the committee.

Alison Morgan, representing Colorado Bankers Association, testified in a neutral position on the bill. Kelly Caufield, representing Common Sense Institute, testified in a neutral position on the bill.

Written testimony submitted to the committee is appended as Attachment E.

The bill sponsor introduced and explained amendment L.001 (Attachment A).

The bill sponsor introduced and explained amendment L.002 (Attachment B).

The bill sponsor introduced and explained amendment L.003 (Attachment C).

The bill sponsor introduced and explained amendment L.005 (Attachment D).

The bill sponsor made closing comments.

Committee members made closing comments.