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type: "Bill"
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title: "Minor Autopsy Report Release Requirements"
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description: "The act specifies that an autopsy report prepared in connection with the death of a minor is confidential and may be disclosed by the county coroner to another person or entity only in accordance with certain exceptions. The report is not a public record for purposes of the Colorado open records act."
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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 24-1244"
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citation: "Colorado HB 24-1244 (2024A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Marc Snyder", "Ty Winter"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2024-05-22T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/703f1421-3d35-46db-b220-a676da981737"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1244"
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source_hash: "98123af304e6dd856bc3d96aec8e5bf5972680889b8821535e3eb8d3ceb02872"
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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 24-1244 (2024A) — Minor Autopsy Report Release Requirements
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The act specifies that an autopsy report prepared in connection with the death of a minor is confidential and may be disclosed by the county coroner to another person or entity only in accordance with certain exceptions. The report is not a public record for purposes of the Colorado open records act.
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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_hb1244_s_jud_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1244_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1244_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (02/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1244_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (03/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1244_h_jud_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (04/11/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1244_s_jud_01.pdf)
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7. **Reengrossed (03/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1244_ren.pdf)
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8. **Rerevised (04/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1244_rer.pdf)
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9. **Revised (04/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1244_rev.pdf)
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10. **Signed Act (05/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1244_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **61–2** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR — **52–8** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- REPASS — **60–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
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- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
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- Marc Snyder — primary (person)
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- Ty Winter — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2024-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
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- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
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- **2024-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
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- **2024-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2024-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2024-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2024-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `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/703f1421-3d35-46db-b220-a676da981737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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