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type: "Bill"
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title: "Eligible Recipients For Final Disposition Expenses"
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description: "Current law does not include the definitions \"public assistance\" and \"medical assistance\" relating to death reimbursements for funeral, cremation, and burial expenses for deceased public assistance or medical assistance recipients. The act adds the definitions \"public assistance\" and \"medical assistance\" to clarify who qualifies as a public assistance or medical assistance recipient.Current law authorizes death reimbursements for a person who has applied or was eligible for public benefits. The act requires the person to be receiving the public benefits at the time of death.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2021A"
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identifier: "HB 21-1277"
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citation: "Colorado HB 21-1277 (2021A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Donald Valdez", "Larry Liston", "Perry Will"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6666a16a-1b6c-415d-88d3-035f725b9cdf"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1277"
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source_hash: "8674882ee486660d2262dc43263cc6c46a2393d20764bb2e0242225ae964d339"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 21-1277 (2021A) — Eligible Recipients For Final Disposition Expenses
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Current law does not include the definitions "public assistance" and "medical assistance" relating to death reimbursements for funeral, cremation, and burial expenses for deceased public assistance or medical assistance recipients. The act adds the definitions "public assistance" and "medical assistance" to clarify who qualifies as a public assistance or medical assistance recipient.Current law authorizes death reimbursements for a person who has applied or was eligible for public benefits. The act requires the person to be receiving the public benefits at the time of death.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1277_s_sa_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (05/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1277_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (06/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1277_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (04/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1277_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1277_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1277_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (05/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1277_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (06/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1277_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **61–2** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
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- Donald Valdez — primary (person)
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- Larry Liston — primary (person)
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- Perry Will — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
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- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6666a16a-1b6c-415d-88d3-035f725b9cdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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