---
type: "Bill"
title: "Qualified Individuals Death Certificates"
description: "In current law, a \"qualified individual\" is authorized to determine the cause of death of an individual and complete the medical certification for a certificate of death. The act defines the term \"qualified individual\" to include a physician, a physician assistant, an advanced practice registered nurse, or the chief medical officer of the institution in which the death occurred."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1082"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1082 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Kyle Brown", "Rod Pelton", "Ron Weinberg"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-14T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66be694a-8bb6-46e6-99b4-a3cbfb7f214c"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1082"
source_hash: "dbe2f7aa7c913effdbad767f9ce2f5c42107fedebe02b3857c7b75c410c76ad4"
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 25-1082 (2025A) — Qualified Individuals Death Certificates

In current law, a "qualified individual" is authorized to determine the cause of death of an individual and complete the medical certification for a certificate of death. The act defines the term "qualified individual" to include a physician, a physician assistant, an advanced practice registered nurse, or the chief medical officer of the institution in which the death occurred.

## 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/2025a_hb1082_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/27/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1082_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1082_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1082_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1082_h_sa_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1082_h_sa_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1082_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1082_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1082_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1082_signed.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Kyle Brown — primary (person)
- Rod Pelton — primary (person)
- Ron Weinberg — primary (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Soper — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2025-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66be694a-8bb6-46e6-99b4-a3cbfb7f214c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).