First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REENGROSSED
This Version Includes All Amendments
Adopted in the House of Introduction
LLS NO. 25-0483.01 Clare Haffner x6137
SENATE BILL 25-070
Senate Committees House Committees
Business, Labor, & Technology
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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ONCERNING REQUIREMENTS FO R ONLINE MARKETPLACES WITH101
RESPECT TO THIRD-PARTY SELLERS.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 requires an online marketplace to alert a law enforcement
agency if the online marketplace knows or should have known that a
third-party seller is selling or attempting to sell stolen goods to a
consumer in Colorado.
An online marketplace is required to establish:
! A mechanism that allows the online marketplace to timely
SENATE
3rd Reading Unamended
February 24, 2025
SENATE
2nd Reading Unamended
February 21, 2025
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Liston and Roberts,
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Armagost,
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. and confidentially communicate with a law enforcement
agency; and
! Internal policies, systems, and staff to monitor product
listings to detect and prevent organized retail crime.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 6-1-1402, amend (5)2
as follows:3
6-1-1402. Disclosure of information by online marketplaces to4
inform consumers - reporting of suspicious marketplace activity.5
(5) Reporting mechanism. (a) An online marketplace shall disclose to6
consumers, in a clear and conspicuous manner on the product listing of7
any high-volume third-party seller, a reporting mechanism that allows for8
electronic and telephonic reporting of suspicious marketplace activity to9
the online marketplace.10
(b) A
N ONLINE MARKETPLACE SHALL ALERT A LAW ENFORCEMENT11
AGENCY IF THE ONLINE MARKETPLACE KNOWS OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN12
THAT A THIRD-PARTY SELLER IS SELLING OR ATTEMPTING TO SELL STOLEN13
GOODS TO A CONSUMER IN COLORADO. AN ONLINE MARKETPLACE SHALL14
ESTABLISH:15
(I) A
MECHANISM THAT ALLOWS THE ONLINE MARKETPLACE TO16
COMMUNICATE WITH A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN A TIMELY AND17
CONFIDENTIAL MANNER, THROUGH A LINK TO A DEDICATED WEB PAGE ,18
ONLINE PORTAL, OR POINT OF CONTACT; AND19
(II) I
NTERNAL SYSTEMS, STAFF, AND WRITTEN POLICIES TO20
MONITOR PRODUCT LISTINGS TO DETECT AND PREVENT OR GANIZED RETAIL21
CRIME.22
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act23
070-2- takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the1
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except2
that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V3
of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this4
act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take5
effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in6
November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the7
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.8
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