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type: "Bill"
title: "Defined Personnel for Emergency Telephone Services"
description: "The act defines \"emergency communications specialist\" as a first responder whose duties involve emergency and nonemergency dispatch services. The act also clarifies that the currently authorized use of the emergency telephone charge, the 911 surcharge, and the prepaid wireless 911 charge, for training for public safety answering point (PSAP) personnel includes training for emergency communications specialists, technical support PSAP personnel, and other personnel essential for the provision of emergency telephone services, emergency notification services, and emergency medical dispatch."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1016"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1016 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kolker", "Kevin Van Winkle", "Ryan Armagost", "Sheila Lieder"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-15T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/511bd355-0fba-4e94-8907-4edae6dc79be"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1016"
source_hash: "cd961c363d389bc568e2c46fe14b2ce25eeb99bc6efda0c8758462443c1c76eb"
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 24-1016 (2024A) — Defined Personnel for Emergency Telephone Services
The act defines "emergency communications specialist" as a first responder whose duties involve emergency and nonemergency dispatch services. The act also clarifies that the currently authorized use of the emergency telephone charge, the 911 surcharge, and the prepaid wireless 911 charge, for training for public safety answering point (PSAP) personnel includes training for emergency communications specialists, technical support PSAP personnel, and other personnel essential for the provision of emergency telephone services, emergency notification services, and emergency medical dispatch.
## 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/2024a_hb1016_s_lgh_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1016_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1016_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1016_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1016_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (02/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1016_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (02/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1016_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1016_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chris Kolker — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Ryan Armagost — primary (person)
- Sheila Lieder — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing `introduction`
- **2024-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/511bd355-0fba-4e94-8907-4edae6dc79be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).