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HB26-1105 • 2026

Discuss Adoption Information with Pregnant Persons

If a pregnant person presents to a health-care facility requesting an abortion, the bill requires the person's health-care provider, if willing, or another willing health-care provider to discuss, at

Abortion Children Healthcare Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Rep. A. Flanell, Rep. S. Slaugh, Sen. L. Zamora Wilson
Last action
2026-03-10
Official status
House Committee on Health & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official metadata lists conflicting status information: 'Passed Legislature' versus 'Postpone Indefinitely'. The summary provided applies only to the version of the bill as introduced.

Requirement to Discuss Adoption Options Before Abortion

This bill requires a health-care provider at a facility in Colorado to discuss adoption information with a pregnant person requesting an abortion, unless the person refuses.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires a discussion about adoption as an option for pregnancy outcomes before an abortion procedure takes place.
  • Sets a rule that this talk must happen at least 24 hours before the scheduled abortion.
  • Lists specific topics providers must cover, including financial help and differences between private and state adoptions.
  • Allows pregnant people to stop or decline the discussion if they choose not to hear it.
  • Requires providers to share information in a neutral way using simple language.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Pregnant persons who go to health-care facilities asking for an abortion.
  • Health-care providers such as doctors, nurses, and social workers at these facilities.
  • Licensed or certified health-care facilities in Colorado.

Terms To Know

Adoption
A legal process where a child is placed with new parents who are not the birth parents.
Health-care provider
Staff members like doctors, nurses, or social workers who know about adoption rules and local resources.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill only applies if a willing health-care provider is available to have the discussion.
  • This text describes the version of the bill as it was introduced; changes made later are not included here.
  • The law does not take effect immediately and may be delayed by a public vote.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

L.002

HOU Health & Human Services

Passed [*]

Plain English: This amendment changes the bill so that healthcare providers must discuss pregnancy options with any pregnant person asking for information, rather than only those specifically requesting an abortion.

  • The rule now applies to anyone expressing concern about their pregnancy and asking for help or counseling, not just people who say they want an abortion.
  • Healthcare providers no longer have a waiting period of at least 24 hours before the discussion must happen.
  • The amendment text does not explain what happens if a healthcare provider is unwilling to discuss these options, only that they must do so 'if willing' or find another willing provider.
  • Some specific details about how counseling should be provided were removed from the original bill and are not described in this amendment.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-10 House

    House Committee on Health & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely

  2. 2026-02-03 House

    Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services

Official Summary Text

If a pregnant person presents to a health-care facility requesting an abortion, the bill requires the person's health-care provider, if willing, or another willing health-care provider to discuss, at least 24 hours before the abortion procedure, certain information related to adoption as a pregnancy outcome option, unless the person declines the discussion.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Current Bill Text

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Second Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED

LLS NO. 26-0555.01 Anna Petrini x5497 HOUSE BILL 26-1105
House Committees Senate Committees
Health & Human Services
A BILL FOR AN ACT
CONCERNING REQUIRING A HEALTH -CARE PROVIDER TO DISCUSS101
INFORMATION RELATED TO ADOPTION WITH A PREGNANT102
PERSON SEEKING AN ABORTION.103
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.)
If a pregnant person presents to a health-care facility requesting an
abortion, the bill requires the person's health-care provider, if willing, or
another willing health-care provider to discuss, at least 24 hours before
the abortion procedure, certain information related to adoption as a
pregnancy outcome option, unless the person declines the discussion.
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Slaugh and Flanell,
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Zamora Wilson,
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.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 25-3-135 as2
follows:3
25-3-135. Adoption option for pregnant person - definitions.4
(1) N OTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY , IF A5
PREGNANT PERSON PRESENTS TO A HEALTH-CARE FACILITY REQUESTING6
AN ABORTION , THE PERSON 'S HEALTH -CARE PROVIDER , OR ANOTHER7
WILLING HEALTH-CARE PROVIDER AT THE HEALTH-CARE FACILITY, SHALL,8
AT LEAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS PRIOR TO AN ABORTION PROCEDURE BEING9
PERFORMED FOR THE PERSON AT THE HEALTH -CARE FACILITY, DISCUSS10
WITH THE PERSON THE AVAILABILITY OF ADOPTION AS A PRE GNANCY11
OUTCOME OPTION AND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT ADOPTIVE12
PLACEMENT:13
(a) THE AVAILABILITY OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR PRENATAL14
CARE, CHILD BIRTH, AND NEONATAL CARE EXPENSES;15
(b) T HE DISTINCTION BETWEEN ADOPTION THROUGH THE CHILD16
WELFARE SYSTEM AND PRIVATE ADOPTION;17
(c) A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ASSESSMENT AND APPROVAL18
PROCESS FOR ADOPTIVE PARENTS IN A PRIVATE ADOPTION;19
(d) T HE OPTION FOR A BIRTH PARENT TO DESIGNATE SPECIFIC20
APPLICANTS AS POTENTIAL ADOPTIVE PARENTS;21
(e) T HE CONFIDENTIALITY OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO VARIOUS22
PARTIES FOR A RELINQUISHMENT AND SUBSEQUENT ADOPTION OF A CHILD;23
AND24
(f) A DESCRIPTION OF IMMEDIATE AND LONG -TERM MENTAL25
HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR BIRTH PARENTS WHO PURSUE ADOPTIVE26
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PLACEMENT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO AN ABORTION.1
(2) (a) T HE HEALTH -CARE PROVIDER SHALL PRESENT THE2
INFORMATION DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTIONS (1)(a) TO (1)(f) OF THIS3
SECTION TO A PREGNANT PERSON IN AN OBJECTIVE AND UNBIASED4
MANNER, USING PLAIN LANGUAGE, AND IN A PRIVATE SETTING.5
(b) THE HEALTH-CARE PROVIDER SHALL PROVIDE THE PREGNANT6
PERSON WITH:7
(I) AN ADEQUATE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND RECEIVE8
ANSWERS THAT THE PREGNANT PERSON CAN UNDERSTAND; AND9
(II) AN OPPORTUNITY TO DECLINE TO DISCUSS THE INFORMATION10
DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTIONS (1)(a) TO (1)(f) OF THIS SECTION AT ANY11
POINT FOLLOWING A HEALTH-CARE PROVIDER'S INITIAL MENTION OF THE12
AVAILABILITY OF ADOPTION AS A PREGNANCY OUTCOME OPTION.13
(3) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE14
REQUIRES:15
(a) "A BORTION" HAS THE MEANING SET FORTH IN SECTION16
25-6-402.17
(b) "H EALTH-CARE FACILITY" MEANS A FACILITY LICENSED OR18
CERTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 25-1.5-103.19
(c) "H EALTH-CARE PROVIDER " MEANS A PHYSICIAN , NURSE20
PRACTITIONER, REGISTERED NURSE , ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED21
NURSE, CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE , GENETIC COUNSELOR , PHYSICIAN 'S22
ASSISTANT, SOCIAL WORKER, OR OTHER STAFF MEMBER OF A HEALTH-CARE23
FACILITY WHO IS KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE STATE 'S ADOPTION24
PROCESSES AND LOCAL RESOURCES.25
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act26
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the27
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ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August1
12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026); except that, if a2
referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the3
state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act4
within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect5
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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