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A law requiring social media platforms to respond to search warrants within 72 hours goes into effect on Aug. 12.

Senate Bill 011 also requires platforms to create a staffed hotline for Colorado law enforcement agencies to contact regarding pending search warrants.

The bill is a pared-down version of last year’s
Senate Bill 086, which also included provisions related to violations of social media policies and minor users. While the bill passed through both the House and the Senate, Gov. Jared Polis vetoed the legislation, expressing worries about requiring social media companies to enforce state laws and about the measure’s data-collection requirements.

The Senate voted to override the veto, but efforts stalled when it became clear there weren’t enough votes in the House to successfully challenge the governor’s decision.

Polis signed Senate Bill 011 — sponsored by Sens. Dylan Roberts, D-Frisco, and Lisa Frizell, R-Castle Rock, and Reps. Andrew Boesenecker, D-Fort Collins and Jarvis Caldwell, R-Colorado Springs — into law last spring, calling it “a major step in supporting law enforcement by providing them with the tools needed to quickly investigate activity that threatens public safety.”

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A group that monitors hate speech and extremism reported several posts Holly made over the summer, but because current laws at the time give social media companies 35 days to respond to warrants regarding posts, investigations into Holly were ongoing when the shooting occurred.

Last September, Desmond Holly, a student at Evergreen High School, opened fire on his classmates, injuring two before killing himself.

Colorado Republican gubernatorial nominee Victor Marx said on Tuesday that he will participate in only one debate with Attorney General Phil Weiser before the November election — and he challenged the Democratic nominee to hold the event without a moderator.

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“I’m only doing one debate,” Marx said in a video posted online. “That is my strategy.”

Noting that it’s the same approach he took in the GOP primary — where Marx, a Christian ministry leader and first-time candidate, narrowly
defeated two veteran state lawmakers to win the nomination after debating just once — Marx went on to address Weiser directly.

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What you were about to see is what happens when someone is forced to contend with simple logic that shatters their entire narrative. This is what it looks like.

I’ve never seen it play out so clearly pic.twitter.com/KiYTPs7T9r

— Warren Smith (@WTSmith17) July 29, 2026

“I’m challenging you to a debate with no moderator,” Marx said. “This is going to be a time for us to actually tell the good folks of Colorado what we’re going to do — not make empty promises, but what we’re going to do, and show them how.”