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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB25-1082

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, CIVIC, MILITARY, & VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date Feb 3, 2025       Location LSB A

HB25-1082 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations
01:34:25 PM  
Representative Weinberg and Representative Brown, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 25-1082, concerning authorizing certain individuals to complete actions related to death certificates. The bill expands the types of professionals who may complete a death certificate to include physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses.
01:38:59 PM  
The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.
01:41:25 PM  
Dr. Raj Rai, representing CareSynergy, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Mark Longshore, representing the Colorado Nurses Association, testified in support of the bill. Harlan David, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Brian Cotter, representing the Colorado Coroners Association, testified in support of the bill.
01:53:18 PM  
Alex Quintana, representing the Colorado Department of Public Health and Enviornment, responded to committee questions.

Written testimony was provided to the committee (Attachment A).
02:00:16 PM  
Representative Weinberg explained amendment L.001 (Attachment B). Josh Schultz, representing the Office of Legislative Legal Services, answered questions from the committee regarding amendment L.001. Committee discussion with the bill sponsors about amendment L.001 ensued.  
02:04:00 PM  
The committee recessed.
02:05:31 PM  
The committee came back to order. Representative Clifford withdrew his motion on amendment L.001.

02:05:35 PM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment B).
Moved Clifford
Seconded Bradley
Bottoms
Bradley
Carter
Espenoza
Feret
Froelich
Luck
Mabrey
Ricks
Clifford
Willford
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Withdrawn
02:06:05 PM  
Representative Brown explained amendment L.002 (Attachment C).

02:07:03 PM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment C).
Moved Clifford
Seconded Espenoza
Bottoms
Bradley
Carter
Espenoza
Feret
Froelich
Luck
Mabrey
Ricks
Clifford
Willford
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
02:07:06 PM  
The committee recessed.
02:12:24 PM  
The committee came back to order.
02:21:47 PM  
Committee discussion about the amendment process occurred. Representative Weinberg and Representative Brown explained amendment L.003 (Attachment D).

02:22:52 PM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment D).
Moved Clifford
Seconded Ricks
Bottoms
Bradley
Carter
Espenoza
Feret
Froelich
Luck
Mabrey
Ricks
Clifford
Willford
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
02:22:54 PM  
Representative Weinberg and Representative Brown made concluding remarks about the bill. Committee members made comments regarding the bill.

02:26:07 PM
 Motion Refer House Bill 25-1082, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Clifford
Seconded Bradley
Bottoms Yes
Bradley Yes
Carter Yes
Espenoza Yes
Feret Yes
Froelich Yes
Luck Yes
Mabrey Yes
Ricks Yes
Clifford Yes
Willford Yes
Final YES: 11   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS