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| Bill | Fire and Police Pension Association Disability and Survivor Benefits | The fire and police pension association (association) provides disability retirement and survivor benefits (disability and survivor benefits) for eligible members of the association (members) who become disabled or die. The act recodifies and reorganizes the disability and survivor benefits statutes, removes outdated provisions, and clarifies ambiguous language. In addition, the act makes the following modifications to the disability and survivor benefits statutes:Removes the current requirement that the association require every member who applies for disability retirement benefits to have 3 independent medical exams and instead authorizes the board of the association (board) to appoint a medical advisor to assess the needs of each applicant for disability retirement benefits;Authorizes the board to adopt rules to streamline the appeal process for disability retirement benefit applicants who are denied benefits;Allows the association to require a member who is occupationally disabled to participate in a rehabilitation and retraining program to help the member gain additional skills and knowledge so the member can earn a wage doing a job other than being a police officer or firefighter;Clarifies that a member who is a total disability retirement benefit recipient will begin receiving a cost of living adjustment when the member starts receiving a total disability retirement benefit;Clarifies eligibility for a member to apply for disability retirement benefits; Repeals the statute that makes an employer liable for the payment of disability retirement benefits if a member's disability existed at the commencement of employment, the employment was not ordered by a court, and the employer failed to require the member to complete and file a health history form prior to commencing employment; andRequires members to fill out a health history form, which notifies the association of any preexisting health conditions, prior to employment. The act does not change the amounts of disability retirement and survivor benefits or the length of time a member must be employed to be eligible for a benefit, nor does it require additional money from the state, employers, or members.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) | us/states/co | Colorado General Assembly | 2026A | SB 39 | Colorado SB 39 (2026A) |
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Colorado SB 39 (2026A) — Fire and Police Pension Association Disability and Survivor Benefits
The fire and police pension association (association) provides disability retirement and survivor benefits (disability and survivor benefits) for eligible members of the association (members) who become disabled or die. The act recodifies and reorganizes the disability and survivor benefits statutes, removes outdated provisions, and clarifies ambiguous language. In addition, the act makes the following modifications to the disability and survivor benefits statutes:Removes the current requirement that the association require every member who applies for disability retirement benefits to have 3 independent medical exams and instead authorizes the board of the association (board) to appoint a medical advisor to assess the needs of each applicant for disability retirement benefits;Authorizes the board to adopt rules to streamline the appeal process for disability retirement benefit applicants who are denied benefits;Allows the association to require a member who is occupationally disabled to participate in a rehabilitation and retraining program to help the member gain additional skills and knowledge so the member can earn a wage doing a job other than being a police officer or firefighter;Clarifies that a member who is a total disability retirement benefit recipient will begin receiving a cost of living adjustment when the member starts receiving a total disability retirement benefit;Clarifies eligibility for a member to apply for disability retirement benefits; Repeals the statute that makes an employer liable for the payment of disability retirement benefits if a member's disability existed at the commencement of employment, the employment was not ordered by a court, and the employer failed to require the member to complete and file a health history form prior to commencing employment; andRequires members to fill out a health history form, which notifies the association of any preexisting health conditions, prior to employment. The act does not change the amounts of disability retirement and survivor benefits or the length of time a member must be employed to be eligible for a benefit, nor does it require additional money from the state, employers, or members.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Final Act (committee substitute) — source
- Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
- Revised (committee substitute) — source
- Signed Act (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Refer Senate Bill 26-039 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
- REPASS — pass (pass) · lower
- BILL — pass (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — pass (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.002 — fail (fail) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.001 — pass (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-039, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- A. Boesenecker — primary (person)
- B. Pelton — primary (person)
- M. Snyder — primary (person)
- R. Taggart — primary (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-04-06 Governor Signed
executive-signature - 2026-03-27 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-03-26 Signed by the Speaker of the House
passage - 2026-03-26 Signed by the President of the Senate
passage - 2026-03-24 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- 2026-03-23 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-20 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- 2026-03-17 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- 2026-03-12 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage, referral-committee - 2026-02-11 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance
introduction - 2026-02-10 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-09 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
reading-2 - 2026-02-06 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/09/2026 - No Amendments
- 2026-02-03 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage - 2026-01-27 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fef428f3-9e5d-4749-850e-ff1016265f0d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).