republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1305.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continue Health Benefits In Work-related Death"
description: "The act eliminates the requirement that a local government that offers police or fire protection services (employer) must contribute to the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' continuation of benefits fund (fund) to be eligible to have the continuation of medical and dental benefits for dependents of an employee who died in a work-related death paid for from the fund for one year. Instead, the act makes any employer eligible to have the continuation of benefits paid for from the fund for one year when an employee dies in a work-related death. To provide for the costs of ongoing claims, the state treasurer is directed to transfer $150,000 from the general fund to the fund on July 1, 2023, and on July 1 each year thereafter through July 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1305"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1305 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Rod Bockenfeld", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-01T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f08cfb03-ca4a-4eaf-94bc-0de1fd5b378e"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1305"
source_hash: "8b3e787854bb6e1a75dfe9ee97a0f47fbd4566dc96b4d3e6e3f287ef7805d094"
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 23-1305 (2023A) — Continue Health Benefits In Work-related Death

The act eliminates the requirement that a local government that offers police or fire protection services (employer) must contribute to the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' continuation of benefits fund (fund) to be eligible to have the continuation of medical and dental benefits for dependents of an employee who died in a work-related death paid for from the fund for one year. Instead, the act makes any employer eligible to have the continuation of benefits paid for from the fund for one year when an employee dies in a work-related death. To provide for the costs of ongoing claims, the state treasurer is directed to transfer $150,000 from the general fund to the fund on July 1, 2023, and on July 1 each year thereafter through July 1, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_hb1305_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1305_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1305_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1305_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1305_h_app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1305_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1305_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1305_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1305_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **32–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
- Rod Bockenfeld — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f08cfb03-ca4a-4eaf-94bc-0de1fd5b378e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).