Eight bills. One mission.

How we helped shape a landmark year for roadway safety in Colorado.

This month, Colorado passed eight major roadway safety bills into law that the White Line team and supporters played a critical role in getting passed. And while these bills now carry official names and bill numbers, what I see when I look at this legislative session is something much more personal.

I see the victims, survivors, and families showing up again and again side by side with us at the Capitol, telling stories no one should ever have to tell.

I see legislators sitting across from grieving parents and hearing firsthand what traffic violence actually leaves behind.

I see the thousands who showed up at the Ride for Magnus, where so many of these conversations started. I see the Route2Change events across Colorado where local legislators showed up to speak with victim and victim families in person. I see our team and community members filling rooms, writing letters, sending emails, making calls, testifying, organizing, and refusing to let these conversations fade into the background. I see Jill & Michael White, continuing to show up and push forward so that families do not have to experience what they have. I see a movement that never gave up.

Today, The White Line released Eight Bills. One Mission., a new report recapping the work that helped shape one of the most significant roadway safety legislative sessions in Colorado’s recent history.

These victories did not happen overnight, but the speed at which we got this work done is astounding.  From the beginning, one of our core goals at The White Line has been simple: connect lawmakers directly with people living with the consequences of traffic violence every single day. That work mattered this session.

This year, Colorado passed:

• Magnus’ Law
• Colorado’s “Crashes Not Accidents” Law
• Liam’s Law
• Major reforms related to speeding, dangerous driving accountability, crash reporting, ignition interlocks, and automated enforcement

Many of these bills were directly shaped by victims and survivors who courageously stepped forward throughout the legislative process.

And importantly, these laws are not just about cyclists. They are about pedestrians crossing intersections. Children walking to school. Motorcyclists riding home. People navigating streets in wheelchairs. Construction workers building roads. Officers enforcing traffic laws. Families simply trying to move safely through their communities.

Traffic violence is a public safety issue that affects all of us, with the most vulnerable of us on the road needing protection. 

I’m incredibly proud of what this community accomplished together this year. And I’m deeply grateful to every person who played a role in moving this work forward: victims and survivors, advocates, lawmakers, transportation leaders, coalition partners, donors, volunteers, and supporters who believed this work mattered long before these bills became law.

There is still so much work ahead. But this session proved that change is possible when people come together and refuse to accept traffic violence as inevitable.

Read the full report, Eight Bills. One Mission., here.

Thank you for being part of this movement,

Jacqueline Claudia
Executive Director, The White Line