---
type: "Bill"
title: "Non-Testamentary Electronic Estate Planning Docs"
description: "The uniform act clarifies when and how electronic documents may be used in estate planning documents other than wills."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1248"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1248 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Marc Snyder", "Matt Soper"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a328ce17-079d-4d27-b601-52705b04bbf5"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1248"
source_hash: "4876ea91f6a8621bb68a9e8c8b1167ed4ad245fb01d44112594c521da3a4c622"
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 24-1248 (2024A) — Non-Testamentary Electronic Estate Planning Docs

The uniform act clarifies when and how electronic documents may be used in estate planning documents other than wills.

## 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_hb1248_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1248_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1248_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1248_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1248_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1248_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/27/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1248_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1248_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Marc Snyder — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2024-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a328ce17-079d-4d27-b601-52705b04bbf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).