Colorado has now stepped back from being the first state to potentially remove custody from parents who use their child’s legal name instead of their chosen identity, after a lengthy overnight legislative session led to the passage of HB 25-1312 without the contentious “deadnaming” clause.
The House had previously approved the full version of the bill along party lines, drawing national scrutiny and even concern from its own backers. One Colorado, a key advocacy group, shifted its stance—causing confusion among bill sponsors—by telling The Denver Post it feared the measure could compromise “existing protections” and invite legal challenges, referencing insights from “expert LGBTQIA+ lawyers.”
At Wednesday’s state Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, opponents vastly outnumbered supporters, with a nearly 10-to-1 speaker ratio, according to the Denver
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