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| Bill | Firefighter Heart Benefits Trust | The act removes the ability of most firefighter employers to select accident insurance, self-insurance, or a self-insurance pool as options to provide statutorily required monetary benefits to a firefighter who has experienced a heart and circulatory malfunction. As a result, all firefighter employers except for those exempted by the act must participate in a multiple employer health trust in order to provide such benefits. The act exempts firefighter employers that are cities and counties or municipalities that, as of July 2022, have a population of 400,000 or more and, as of April 30, 2024, have enacted an ordinance to provide the required monetary benefits that remains in effect. | us/states/co | Colorado General Assembly | 2024A | SB 24-089 | Colorado SB 24-089 (2024A) |
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Colorado SB 24-089 (2024A) — Firefighter Heart Benefits Trust
The act removes the ability of most firefighter employers to select accident insurance, self-insurance, or a self-insurance pool as options to provide statutorily required monetary benefits to a firefighter who has experienced a heart and circulatory malfunction. As a result, all firefighter employers except for those exempted by the act must participate in a multiple employer health trust in order to provide such benefits. The act exempts firefighter employers that are cities and counties or municipalities that, as of July 2022, have a population of 400,000 or more and, as of April 30, 2024, have enacted an ordinance to provide the required monetary benefits that remains in effect.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (02/21/2024) (committee substitute) — source
- Final Act (05/08/2024) (committee substitute) — source
- Introduced (01/24/2024) (committee substitute) — source
- PA1 (04/17/2024) (committee substitute) — source
- Reengrossed (02/22/2024) (committee substitute) — source
- Rerevised (04/29/2024) (committee substitute) — source
- Revised (04/26/2024) (committee substitute) — source
- Signed Act (05/24/2024) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- CONCUR — 35–0 (pass) · upper
- BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper
- REPASS — 35–0 (pass) · upper
- BILL — 60–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Ron Weinberg — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed
executive-signature - 2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
- 2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
- 2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- 2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- 2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- 2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage, referral-committee - 2024-02-22T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services
introduction - 2024-02-22T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-21T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
reading-2 - 2024-02-15T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage - 2024-01-24T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ece21a5-f4ef-4cd7-89c6-de3ca0e02bb1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).