---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Remains Disposition Sale Businesses"
description: "The bill makes it unlawful under the 'Mortuary Science Code' for a person to own more than a 10% indirect interest in a funeral establishment or crematory while simultaneously owning interest in a nontransplant tissue bank. The bill requires nontransplant tissue banks to:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-234"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-234 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Coram", "Larry Crowder", "Marc Catlin", "Tracy Kraft-Tharp"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2804b37-1feb-4820-afde-5f76d9a7a195"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-234"
source_hash: "a33fa0d0dcff6254e64d83221500f049076e5e6cb3b9ab078ded4f77401c9acd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado SB 18-234 (2018A) — Human Remains Disposition Sale Businesses

The bill makes it unlawful under the 'Mortuary Science Code' for a person to own more than a 10% indirect interest in a funeral establishment or crematory while simultaneously owning interest in a nontransplant tissue bank. The bill requires nontransplant tissue banks to:

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_sb234_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_234_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_234_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_234_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_234sjud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_234hie_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_234fin.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_234app.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_234_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_234_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_234_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_234_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **19–16** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **19–16** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **56–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Larry Crowder — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)
- Tracy Kraft-Tharp — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment `introduction`
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2804b37-1feb-4820-afde-5f76d9a7a195`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).