First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 25-0506.01 Clare Haffner x6137
HOUSE BILL 25-1036
House Committees Senate Committees
Finance
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING THE CREATION OF A MISSING AND MURDERED101
I
NDIGENOUS RELATIVES LICENSE PLATE .102
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov
.)
The bill creates the missing and murdered Indigenous relatives
license plate. An applicant becomes eligible to use the license plate by
providing a certificate to the department of revenue confirming that the
applicant has made a minimum donation of $25 to the office of liaison for
missing and murdered Indigenous relatives.
In addition to the normal fees for a license plate, a person must pay
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Velasco,
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Danielson,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. an additional one-time fee in the amount of $25, which money is credited
to the highway users tax fund.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 42-3-272 as2
follows:3
42-3-272. Special plates - missing and murdered Indigenous4
relatives - definitions. (1) B
EGINNING ON JANUARY 1, 2026, OR WHEN5
THE DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO ISSUE THE PLATES, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL6
ISSUE SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES TO QUALIFIED APPLICANTS IN ACCOR DANCE7
WITH THIS SECTION FOR MOTORCYCLES , PASSENGER CARS, TRUCKS, OR8
NONCOMMERCIAL OR RECREATIONAL MOTOR VEHICLES THAT DO NOT9
EXCEED SIXTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS EMPTY WEIGHT .10
(2) (a) T
HERE IS ESTABLISHED THE MISSING AND MURDERED11
I
NDIGENOUS RELATIVES LICENSE PLATE .12
(b) (I) T
HE DEPARTMENT SHALL USE A DESIGN DEVELOPED BY AN13
INTERESTED PERSON WITH TIES TO COLORADO, BUT THE DESIGN MUST14
CONFORM TO DEPARTMENT STANDARDS AND BE APPROVED BY THE15
DEPARTMENT.16
(II) O
N OR BEFORE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY, OCTOBER 13,17
2025,
THE OFFICE SHALL COLLABORATE WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD TO18
SELECT A DESIGN SUBMITTED BY AN INTERESTED PERSON .19
(3) (a) T
HE OFFICE SHALL QUALIFY APPLICANTS TO BE ISSUED THE20
MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS RELATIVES LICENSE PLATE .21
(b) A
PERSON MAY APPLY FOR A MISSING AND MURDERED22
I
NDIGENOUS RELATIVES LICENSE PLATE IF THE PERSON PAYS THE TAXES23
AND FEES REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION AND PROVIDES TO THE24
DEPARTMENT OR AN AUTHORIZED AGENT A CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE25
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DONATION OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS TO THE OFFICE. THE OFFICE SHALL2
USE THE DONATION TO CARRY OUT THE OFFICE 'S DUTIES AND TO PROVIDE3
FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO MISSING OR MURDERED INDIGENOUS RELATIVES'4
FAMILIES.5
(4) T
HE AMOUNT OF THE TAXES AND FEES FOR SPECIAL LICENSE6
PLATES UNDER THIS SECTION IS THE SAME AS THE AMOUNT OF THE TAXES7
AND FEES FOR REGULAR MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES ; EXCEPT THAT8
THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT THE FEE SPECIFIED IN SECTION 42-3-3129
AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE -TIME FEE OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR10
ISSUANCE OR REPLACEMENT OF THE LICENSE PLATE . THE STATE11
TREASURER SHALL CREDIT THE ADDITIONAL ONE -TIME FEE TO THE12
HIGHWAY USERS TAX FUND CREATED IN SECTION 43-4-201.13
(5) A
N APPLICANT MAY APPLY FOR PERSONALIZED MISSING AND14
MURDERED INDIGENOUS RELATIVES LICENSE PLATES . UPON PAYMENT OF15
THE ADDITIONAL FEE REQUIRED BY SECTION 42-3-211 (6)(a) FOR16
PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATES, THE DEPARTMENT MAY ISSUE THE PLATES17
IF THE APPLICANT COMPLIES WITH SECTION 42-3-211. IF AN APPLICANT18
HAS EXISTING PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATES FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE , THE19
APPLICANT MAY TRANSFER THE COMBINATION OF LETTERS OR NUMBERS20
TO A NEW SET OF MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS RELATIVES21
LICENSE PLATES FOR THE VEHICLE UPON PAYING THE FEE REQUIRED BY22
SECTION 42-3-211 (6)(a) AND UPON TURNING IN THE EXISTING PLATES TO23
THE DEPARTMENT. A PERSON THAT HAS OBTAINED PERSONALIZED LICENSE24
PLATES UNDER THIS SUBSECTION (5) SHALL PAY THE ANNUAL FEE IMPOSED25
BY SECTION 42-3-211 (6)(b) FOR RENEWAL OF THE PERSONALIZED PLATES .26
T
HE FEES UNDER THIS SUBSECTION (5) ARE IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER27
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(6) A
S USED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE2
REQUIRES:3
(a) "A
DVISORY BOARD" MEANS THE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER4
ADVISORY BOARD ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 24-33.5-2603 (4).5
(b) "O
FFICE" MEANS THE OFFICE OF LIAISON FOR MISSING AND6
MURDERED INDIGENOUS RELATIVES CREATED PURSUANT TO SECTION7
24-33.5-2603
(1).8
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 42-3-312 as9
follows:10
42-3-312. Special license plate surcharge. In addition to any11
other fee imposed by this article 3, an applicant for a special license plate12
created by rule in accordance with section 42-3-207, as the section existed13
when the plate was created, personalized plates issued under section14
42-3-211, or special license plates issued under sections 42-3-212 to15
42-3-214, sections 42-3-217 to 42-3-218, sections 42-3-221 to 42-3-234,16
sections 42-3-237 to 42-3-258, sections 42-3-260 to 42-3-265, and17
sections 42-3-267 to 42-3-271
42-3-272 shall pay an issuance fee of18
twenty-five dollars; except that the fee is not imposed on special license19
plates exempted from additional fees for the issuance of a military special20
license plate by section 42-3-213 (1)(b)(II). The department shall transfer21
the money from the fee to the state treasurer, who shall credit it to the22
Colorado DRIVES vehicle services account created in section 42-1-21123
(2).24
SECTION 3. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act25
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the26
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except27
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of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this2
act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take3
effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in4
November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the5
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.6
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