republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1051.md

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Bill	Identification Of Veteran Remains For Proper Military Burial	The act permits an organization recognized and authorized by the United States veterans administration and the national personnel records center to determine whether any unclaimed cremated remains are of United States military veterans or qualified family members who are eligible for interment in a national cemetery or state veterans' cemetery. If such unclaimed cremated remains are identified, the facility in possession of the remains is required to transfer the remains to a national cemetery or state veterans' cemetery.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2020A	HB 20-1051	Colorado HB 20-1051 (2020A)	bill		enacted	Janice Rich Larry Crowder Monica Duran Ray Scott	8	12	3	2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00	2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/4c570360-0c04-458e-9ac0-ecebbcafc5d6	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1051	d77f087ab36b3b70cafa7b55b17a91d7c80fc1597e1a3e9e4bab281441c28a5f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 20-1051 (2020A) — Identification Of Veteran Remains For Proper Military Burial

The act permits an organization recognized and authorized by the United States veterans administration and the national personnel records center to determine whether any unclaimed cremated remains are of United States military veterans or qualified family members who are eligible for interment in a national cemetery or state veterans' cemetery. If such unclaimed cremated remains are identified, the facility in possession of the remains is required to transfer the remains to a national cemetery or state veterans' cemetery.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (01/22/2020) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/13/2020) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/08/2020) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (01/23/2020) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (02/25/2020) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (02/24/2020) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (03/20/2020) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 61–0 (pass) · lower
• AMD — 23–38 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Janice Rich — primary (person)
• Larry Crowder — primary (person)
• Monica Duran — primary (person)
• Ray Scott — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2020-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2020-02-25T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-24T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2020-02-19T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2020-01-24T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2020-01-23T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-01-22T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2020-01-16T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4c570360-0c04-458e-9ac0-ecebbcafc5d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).