1. (1)

   1. (a) As used in this section, personal information means:

      1. (I) A person's:

         1. (A) Name;
         2. (B) Phone number;
         3. (C) Home address;
         4. (D) Business address;
         5. (E) Personal email address; or
         6. (F) Business email address; or
      2. (II) Any other information that would reveal the identity of the person or the person's business.
   2. (b) Personal information does not include information about nonlethal predator-livestock conflict minimization measures used by or recommended to a person, or a summary or aggregated data related to such information, so long as the information or summary or aggregated data does not reveal the identity of the person or the person's business.
2. (2) The personal information of a person that the division receives through the claim procedures described in sections 33-3-107 to 33-3-110 and site assessments conducted by state officials and third parties to prevent future depredation and any personal or otherwise identifying information associated with the use of proactive nonlethal predator-livestock conflict minimization measures is confidential and is not subject to disclosure pursuant to the Colorado Open Records Act, part 2 of article 72 of title 24.
3. (3) Nothing in this section prohibits the disclosure of nonidentifying information regarding county-level data highlighting the number or dollar amount of claims made to the division, the number of claims made to the division that were settled and the monetary amounts of those settlements, the number of claims made to the division that are pending at the time of a request for disclosure, and the number of claims made to the division that were denied and the reasons for denial.
4. (4) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, if a person, or an authorized designee or representative of the person, takes actions or makes statements that lead to the person's personal information becoming publicly known, the personal information is not confidential and is subject to disclosure pursuant to the Colorado Open Records Act, part 2 of article 72 of title 24.
5. (5) A person shall not bring or maintain a private action, at law or in equity, challenging the division's determination that a person, or an authorized designee or representative of the person, has taken actions or made statements that led to the person's personal information becoming publicly known.
6. (6) Any person, or authorized designee or representative of the person, that requests records pertaining to the person's own claim pursuant to the Colorado Open Records Act, part 2 of article 72 of title 24, is entitled to receive the records without regard to subsection (2) of this section.

Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-038), ch. 19, p. 77, § 3, effective August 6.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 25-038, see section 1 of chapter 19, Session Laws of Colorado 2025.