republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1309.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Use of Aircraft in Search and Rescue Operations	The act extends immunity from civil liability for damage or injury, other than that which arises from gross negligence or willful misconduct, to an individual, nonprofit organization, for-profit corporation, private organization, or other person (person) that voluntarily operates or arranges for the use of a helicopter, or assists as a helicopter crew member, during backcountry search and rescue operations (search and rescue operations), if the person:	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2024A	HB 24-1309	Colorado HB 24-1309 (2024A)	bill		enacted	Dylan Roberts Elizabeth Velasco Janice Rich Rick Taggart	9	12	2	2024-02-14T07:00:00+00:00	2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fd28cb96-7a1b-404c-8871-676890ac402e	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1309	bc19de069e3aa96af450635ebeadd4300e82257c6a65c0787fa184eea0511fc0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 24-1309 (2024A) — Use of Aircraft in Search and Rescue Operations

The act extends immunity from civil liability for damage or injury, other than that which arises from gross negligence or willful misconduct, to an individual, nonprofit organization, for-profit corporation, private organization, or other person (person) that voluntarily operates or arranges for the use of a helicopter, or assists as a helicopter crew member, during backcountry search and rescue operations (search and rescue operations), if the person:

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/06/2024) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/25/2024) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/14/2024) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/05/2024) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (03/07/2024) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (04/02/2024) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (04/01/2024) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (05/03/2024) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 63–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
• Elizabeth Velasco — primary (person)
• Janice Rich — primary (person)
• Rick Taggart — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-03T06:00:00+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
• 2024-04-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2024-03-11T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources introduction
• 2024-03-07T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-06T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2024-03-04T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-02-14T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd28cb96-7a1b-404c-8871-676890ac402e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).