---
type: "Bill"
title: "First Responder Employer Health Benefit Trusts"
description: "The act makes 2 principal changes to current firefighter benefit programs. First, the act expands state funding for the firefighter heart and circulatory malfunction benefits program to include part-time and volunteer firefighters. Second, the act provides state funding for the firefighter cancer benefits program for eligible firefighters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1219"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1219 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byron Pelton", "Julie McCluskie", "Kyle Mullica", "Mike Lynch"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f385d50c-353a-4b8b-a5c2-30b9e127f5c1"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1219"
source_hash: "fe82cd49534583f01b04739e7e5a07543086f711bc486a97f7eb274d90e478e8"
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 24-1219 (2024A) — First Responder Employer Health Benefit Trusts

The act makes 2 principal changes to current firefighter benefit programs. First, the act expands state funding for the firefighter heart and circulatory malfunction benefits program to include part-time and volunteer firefighters. Second, the act provides state funding for the firefighter cancer benefits program for eligible firefighters.

## 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_hb1219_s_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1219_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1219_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1219_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1219_h_fin_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1219_h_fin_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1219_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1219_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1219_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1219_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- PERM — **58–1** (pass) · lower
- NOT CNCR — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- RECEDE — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **56–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Byron Pelton — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
- Mike Lynch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Adherence - Result was to Recede
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Adhere
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f385d50c-353a-4b8b-a5c2-30b9e127f5c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).