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type: "Bill"
title: "Identification Of Veteran Remains For Proper Military Burial"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1051"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1051 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janice Rich", "Larry Crowder", "Monica Duran", "Ray Scott"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c570360-0c04-458e-9ac0-ecebbcafc5d6"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1051"
source_hash: "d77f087ab36b3b70cafa7b55b17a91d7c80fc1597e1a3e9e4bab281441c28a5f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_hb1051_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/22/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1051_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1051_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1051_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (01/23/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1051_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (02/25/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1051_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (02/24/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1051_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/20/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1051_signed.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c570360-0c04-458e-9ac0-ecebbcafc5d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).