---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ex-Offenders Practice in Regulated Occupations"
description: "In determining whether an applicant for a state-regulated occupation is qualified to be registered, certified, or licensed, the act allows the entity with regulatory authority concerning the occupation (regulator) to consider an applicant's conviction for a crime for a 3-year period beginning on the date of conviction or the end of incarceration, whichever date is later."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1004"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1004 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Coleman", "Jennifer Bacon", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ec7490d-1e12-495c-be24-db5ece53b295"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1004"
source_hash: "487d33bed4ad23b6eaf1be156398fc70ac049e8aec6086ec86bdcfd34dec974f"
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 24-1004 (2024A) — Ex-Offenders Practice in Regulated Occupations

In determining whether an applicant for a state-regulated occupation is qualified to be registered, certified, or licensed, the act allows the entity with regulatory authority concerning the occupation (regulator) to consider an applicant's conviction for a crime for a 3-year period beginning on the date of conviction or the end of incarceration, whichever date is later.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_hb1004_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1004_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1004_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1004_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1004_h_bus_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1004_h_bus_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1004_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1004_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1004_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1004_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ec7490d-1e12-495c-be24-db5ece53b295`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).