---
type: "Bill"
title: "Misuse Of Human Reproductive Material"
description: "The act creates a new civil cause of action and crime if a health care provider, in the course of performing or assisting with an assisted reproduction procedure, knowingly uses gametes from a donor without the express consent of the patient to use the donor's gametes. The act authorizes specified compensatory damages or liquidated damages of $50,000 in the civil action and specifies that the crime is a class 6 felony. Conviction of an offense under the new crime is unprofessional conduct as defined in the licensing statutes for health care providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1014"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1014 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Janice Rich", "Kerry Tipper"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6190582-7184-4dc9-9544-a04113b69453"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1014"
source_hash: "0d23925079209c5ee9baa92d5cac167f9e427abb7803931e94655ebb3b42ba9a"
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 HB 20-1014 (2020A) — Misuse Of Human Reproductive Material

The act creates a new civil cause of action and crime if a health care provider, in the course of performing or assisting with an assisted reproduction procedure, knowingly uses gametes from a donor without the express consent of the patient to use the donor's gametes. The act authorizes specified compensatory damages or liquidated damages of $50,000 in the civil action and specifies that the crime is a class 6 felony. Conviction of an offense under the new crime is unprofessional conduct as defined in the licensing statutes for health care providers.

## 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/2020a_hb1014_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/31/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1014_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (07/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1014_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1014_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1014%20jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1014sjud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1014_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/15/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1014_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1014_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1014_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2020-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/c6190582-7184-4dc9-9544-a04113b69453`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).