Colorado 2025 Regular Session

Colorado House Bill HB1330 Latest Draft

Bill / Engrossed Version Filed 04/21/2025

                            First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REENGROSSED
This Version Includes All Amendments
Adopted in the House of Introduction
LLS NO. 25-1045.01 Josh Schultz x5486
HOUSE BILL 25-1330
House Committees Senate Committees
Business Affairs & Labor
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING EXEMPTING QUANTUM COMPUTING EQUIPMENT FROM101
THE "CONSUMER REPAIR BILL OF RIGHTS ACT".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 exempts quantum computing devices and quantum sensing
devices from the "Consumer Repair Bill of Rights Act".
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
HOUSE
3rd Reading Unamended
April 21, 2025
HOUSE
Amended 2nd Reading
April 17, 2025
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Titone and Soper, Keltie, Lindstedt, Smith, Valdez
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Hinrichsen and Baisley,
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. SECTION 1. Short title. The short title of this act is the1
"Entanglement Exception Act".2
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 6-1-1503, add (5)(o)3
and (5)(p) as follows:4
6-1-1503.  Manufacturer obligations regarding services -5
exemptions. (5)  With respect to digital electronic equipment, this part 156
does not apply to:7
(o)  Q
UANTUM COMPUTING DEVICES THAT , FOR THE PURPOSE OF8
PERFORMING CALCULATIONS, SIMULATIONS, OR INFORMATION PROCESSING9
TASKS:10
(I)  P
ERFORM COMPUTATIONAL TASKS BY COHERENTLY11
MANIPULATING QUANTUM BITS THROUGH QUANTUM PHENOMENA SUCH AS12
SUPERPOSITION, ENTANGLEMENT, OR INTERFERENCE; AND13
(II)  E
XECUTE COMPUTATIONAL OPERATIONS BY MANIPULATING14
AND MEASURING QUANTUM INFORMATION CARRIERS , INCLUDING15
QUANTUM BITS, THROUGH THE CONTROLLED APPLICATION OF QUANTUM16
MECHANICAL PHENOMENA , SUCH AS SUPERPOSITION, ENTANGLEMENT,17
QUANTUM TUNNELING , AND QUANTUM INTERFERENCE ; OR18
(p)  Q
UANTUM SENSING DEVICES THAT EXPLOIT QUANTUM19
MECHANICAL PHENOMENA , SUCH AS QUANTUM COHERENCE ,20
ENTANGLEMENT, QUANTIZED ENERGY STATES, QUANTUM SQUEEZING, OR21
QUANTUM STATE SUPERPOSITION , TO DETECT, MEASURE, OR MONITOR22
PHYSICAL QUANTITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS , OR EXTERNAL23
STIMULI WITH PRECISION APPROACHING OR EXCEEDING THE STANDARD24
QUANTUM LIMIT.25
SECTION 
3. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act26
takes effect January 1, 2026; except that, if a referendum petition is filed27
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act or an item, section, or part of this act within the ninety-day period2
after final adjournment of the general assembly, then the act, item,3
section, or part will not take effect unless approved by the people at the4
general election to be held in November 2026 and, in such case, will take5
effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the6
governor.7
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