republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1305.md

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Bill	Continue Health Benefits In Work-related Death	The act eliminates the requirement that a local government that offers police or fire protection services (employer) must contribute to the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' continuation of benefits fund (fund) to be eligible to have the continuation of medical and dental benefits for dependents of an employee who died in a work-related death paid for from the fund for one year. Instead, the act makes any employer eligible to have the continuation of benefits paid for from the fund for one year when an employee dies in a work-related death. To provide for the costs of ongoing claims, the state treasurer is directed to transfer $150,000 from the general fund to the fund on July 1, 2023, and on July 1 each year thereafter through July 1, 2025.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	HB 23-1305	Colorado HB 23-1305 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Barbara Kirkmeyer Rachel Zenzinger Rod Bockenfeld Shannon Bird	9	12	2	2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00	2023-06-01T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f08cfb03-ca4a-4eaf-94bc-0de1fd5b378e	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1305	8b3e787854bb6e1a75dfe9ee97a0f47fbd4566dc96b4d3e6e3f287ef7805d094	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 23-1305 (2023A) — Continue Health Benefits In Work-related Death

The act eliminates the requirement that a local government that offers police or fire protection services (employer) must contribute to the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' continuation of benefits fund (fund) to be eligible to have the continuation of medical and dental benefits for dependents of an employee who died in a work-related death paid for from the fund for one year. Instead, the act makes any employer eligible to have the continuation of benefits paid for from the fund for one year when an employee dies in a work-related death. To provide for the costs of ongoing claims, the state treasurer is directed to transfer $150,000 from the general fund to the fund on July 1, 2023, and on July 1 each year thereafter through July 1, 2025.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/25/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/12/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/21/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/25/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (04/26/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/01/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (04/28/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/01/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 64–1 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 32–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
• Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
• Rod Bockenfeld — primary (person)
• Shannon Bird — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations introduction
• 2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f08cfb03-ca4a-4eaf-94bc-0de1fd5b378e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).