Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
Fiscal Note
Memorandum
TO: Members of the House Judiciary Committee
FROM: Brendan Fung, Fiscal Analyst, brendan.fung@coleg.gov, 303-866-4781
DATE: March 31, 2025
Fiscal Assessment of L.001 to HB 25-1312
This memorandum is an assessment of the fiscal impact of the attached proposed amendment
L.001 to HB 25-1312. This fiscal assessment is for the impact of the bill with inclusion of this
amendment only. Any other added amendment could influence the fiscal impact.
Summary of Proposed Amendment
Amendment L.001 strikes Section 7 from the introduced bill. This section requires public entities
to include an option for chosen name, as well as legal name, on all public forms. If an individual
provides a chosen name, this section also requires the entity to use that name on all subsequent
forms; however, this requirement does not preclude a public entity from using an individual’s
legal name when required by law, or when necessary to verify identity.
Fiscal Impact of Amendment L.001
The amendment eliminates programming and staffing costs to update forms and systems, as
well as revenue from increased fees to cover administrative expenditures in certain cash funds.
Specifically, the amendment:
eliminates state expenditures from programming costs across all identified agencies;
eliminates state revenue to Department of Regulatory Agencies and the Department of State
from increased fees;
eliminates local and statutory public entity impacts from programming updates; and
eliminates all General Fund, cash fund, and federal fund appropriations and reappropriations
required for FY 2025-26.
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Bill’s Revised Fiscal Impact with Amendment L.001
With the adoption of L.001, the bill minimally increases workload in the Departments of
Personnel and Administration, Regulatory Agencies, Education, the Judicial Department, and for
school districts, as described below. No appropriation is required.
Table 1
State Fiscal Impacts with Amendment L.001
Type of Impact
Budget Year
FY 2025-26
Out Year
FY 2026-27
State Revenue $0 $0
State Expenditures $0 $0
Transferred Funds $0 $0
Change in TABOR Refunds $0 $0
Change in State FTE 0.0 FTE 0.0 FTE
Discrimination
State Litigation and Risk Impacts
The bill may increase litigation and risk management costs from public accommodations
discrimination lawsuits filed against the state. If such cases occur, state agencies and institutions
of higher education will have increased costs for legal services, provided by the Department of
Law. Depending on the outcome of any cases, settlement or liability payments may be required
from the Risk Management Fund in the DPA. State agencies make payments for legal services
and risk management through common policy billings based on costs incurred in prior years.
The fiscal note assumes that aggrieved parties will seek recourse through state agencies’ dispute
resolution processes or administrative relief through the Colorado Civil Rights Division (CCRD) in
DORA before filing suit against the state. Any new costs, if incurred, will be accounted for
through the annual budget process.
Complaints
The CCRD in DORA and trial courts in the Judicial Department may experience an increase in
workload if additional discrimination complaints are filed or civil cases filed. This workload is
expected to be minimal and no change in appropriations is required.
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Trial Courts
Workload in the Judicial Department may minimally increase from more complex domestic
relations case decisions that must consider deadnaming and misgendering as a form of coercive
control. Workload may minimally decrease from fewer out-of-state foreign judgements related
to gender-affirming care. This workload is expected to be minimal and no change in
appropriations is required.
Education Standards
Workload in the Department of Education (CDE) will minimally increase to modify rules and
coordinate with school districts regarding chosen name and dress code policies. This workload
can be accomplished within existing appropriations.
School Districts
Workload for school districts will minimally increase beginning in FY 2025-26 to modify current
chosen name and dress code policies, enforce new policies, and coordinate with the CDE. This
workload is expected to be minimal.