---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Regulation of Respiratory Therapy"
description: "The act implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies (department), as specified in the department's sunset review of the regulation of respiratory therapy, as follows:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1253"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1253 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joann Ginal", "Regina English", "Richard Holtorf"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd164627-ef33-47ff-aab4-c26a4fa20bf2"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1253"
source_hash: "80d3be43743d45a1489970db734cfe2d712a87c2d0f8e1bd1ef65694e0dfab1a"
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 24-1253 (2024A) — Sunset Regulation of Respiratory Therapy

The act implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies (department), as specified in the department's sunset review of the regulation of respiratory therapy, as follows:

## 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_hb1253_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1253_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1253_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1253_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/11/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1253_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1253_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1253_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1253_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **57–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Regina English — primary (person)
- Richard Holtorf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd164627-ef33-47ff-aab4-c26a4fa20bf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).