---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coroner Qualifications"
description: "The act requires a coroner of a county with a population greater than 150,000 who is elected on or after November 5, 2024, to be either a death investigator certified by and in good standing with the American board of medicolegal death investigators or a forensic pathologist certified by and in good standing with the American board of pathology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1100"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1100 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sonya Jaquez Lewis", "Stephanie Vigil"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ec26239-0626-4fed-a515-b71bd75aedaa"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1100"
source_hash: "229c328b1adcb779e3324679ff5b59ef2bd9d18a6cafd40f8aed02e5d9e550ae"
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 24-1100 (2024A) — Coroner Qualifications

The act requires a coroner of a county with a population greater than 150,000 who is elected on or after November 5, 2024, to be either a death investigator certified by and in good standing with the American board of medicolegal death investigators or a forensic pathologist certified by and in good standing with the American board of pathology.

## 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_hb1100_s_lgh_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1100_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/09/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1100_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1100_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1100_h_thl_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/20/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1100_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1100_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1100_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/11/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1100_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **43–14** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **26–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)
- Stephanie Vigil — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing `introduction`
- **2024-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ec26239-0626-4fed-a515-b71bd75aedaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).