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DENVER – The Colorado Chamber today released its 2025 Annual Report, providing an overview of key victories and policy issues facing employers statewide. The report also measures the progress and status of the Colorado Chamber’s 2025 Legislative Agenda, which focused heavily on improving the state’s regulatory environment after a recent Chamber study found that Colorado is the sixth most regulated state.
“This was a pivotal year for the Colorado Chamber’s priorities. Regulatory reform has been a top issue for us since we released a study finding that Colorado is the sixth most regulated state in the nation,” said Colorado Chamber President and CEO Loren Furman. “We wanted to approach this issue thoughtfully, and I’m proud of the progress we’ve made to bring much-needed relief to the statewide business community. We also led on other significant issues, from preserving the Labor Peace Act to limiting foreign influence in civil litigation. This is only the beginning, and we look forward to building on our progress in the coming years.”
A highlight of the Chamber’s defensive work this year was its “Wallet Watchdog” campaign, which highlighted the state’s cost of living crisis. The bill on this list would have created new costs on local businesses and increased consumer prices for hardworking Colorado families. Overall, the Chamber helped to defeat six out of the nine bills on the Wallet Watchdog list.
The Colorado Chamber also played a key role in negotiations on Senate Bill 5, which would have overhauled the state’s longstanding Labor Peace Act and threatened worker choice in union due deductions. The Chamber sent a veto request letter to the governor’s office in partnership with other business groups which included more than 1,000 signatures of both workers and business leaders across the state who opposed SB 5, and the governor vetoed the bill last month.
The Chamber had several proactive priority bills pass this session including legislation to improve regulatory transparency and limit foreign influence in litigation. These important measures will help set us on a path to a more competitive economic future statewide.
Overall, 85% of Chamber-supported bills were passed into law and 68% of the bills the Chamber opposed were killed. Throughout the legislative session, Colorado Chamber members made over 3,300 contacts with legislators using the Chamber’s grassroots tools. The Colorado Chamber also calculated more than $61 billion saved for the business community on bills that were defeated.
Read the Colorado Chamber’s 2025 Annual Report here.
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The Colorado Chamber of Commerce champions free enterprise, a healthy business environment and economic prosperity for all Coloradans. It is the only business association that works to improve the business climate for all sizes of business from a statewide, multi-industry perspective. What the Colorado Chamber accomplishes is good for all businesses, and that’s good for the state’s economy. It was created in 1965 based on the merger with the Colorado Manufacturers’ Association.