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type: "Bill"
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title: "Death Benefit for State Employee Surviving Spouse"
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description: "Pursuant to the \"Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado\", death benefits will be paid to a dependent surviving spouse of a deceased employee for life, regardless of remarriage, rather than until remarriage, if the surviving spouse receives death benefits pursuant to law and the deceased employee was a state employee who worked in a job with a high-risk classification."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2024A"
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identifier: "HB 24-1139"
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citation: "Colorado HB 24-1139 (2024A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Perry Will", "Ryan Armagost", "Sheila Lieder", "Tony Exum"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2024-01-29T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2024-04-04T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d3c2bad-0621-4635-83a0-01a8637b6efd"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1139"
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source_hash: "e6eee6579be8d99672c8078ec97c8a055698493d430953bd89244e1c0c8a96ce"
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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 24-1139 (2024A) — Death Benefit for State Employee Surviving Spouse
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Pursuant to the "Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado", death benefits will be paid to a dependent surviving spouse of a deceased employee for life, regardless of remarriage, rather than until remarriage, if the surviving spouse receives death benefits pursuant to law and the deceased employee was a state employee who worked in a job with a high-risk classification.
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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](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_hb1139_s_blt_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (02/09/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1139_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (03/27/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1139_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1139_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (02/09/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1139_h_bus_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (03/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1139_s_blt_01.pdf)
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7. **Reengrossed (02/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1139_ren.pdf)
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8. **Rerevised (03/13/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1139_rer.pdf)
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9. **Revised (03/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1139_rev.pdf)
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10. **Signed Act (04/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1139_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **56–8** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR — **63–0** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **29–5** (pass) · upper
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- REPASS — **57–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Perry Will — primary (person)
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- Ryan Armagost — primary (person)
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- Sheila Lieder — primary (person)
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- Tony Exum — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2024-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2024-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2024-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
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- **2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2024-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `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/9d3c2bad-0621-4635-83a0-01a8637b6efd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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