republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/sb-24-173.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulate Mortuary Science Occupations"
description: "The act requires an individual to obtain a license to practice as a funeral director, a mortuary science practitioner, an embalmer, a cremationist, or a natural reductionist (mortuary science professional). The director of the division of professions and occupations (director) is required to promulgate rules for such licensing. To be licensed, an individual must submit an application, pay an application fee, obtain a fingerprint-based criminal history record check, not have been subject to discipline in another state or convicted of a disqualifying crime, and meet the following qualifications:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-173"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-173 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Brianna Titone", "Dylan Roberts", "Matt Soper"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-03-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3292740f-98cf-4e0f-be67-aca9047f2678"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-173"
source_hash: "85fc259ca838980588e51900982972c5fe7f76f458d804169cfaefc8548adb67"
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 SB 24-173 (2024A) — Regulate Mortuary Science Occupations

The act requires an individual to obtain a license to practice as a funeral director, a mortuary science practitioner, an embalmer, a cremationist, or a natural reductionist (mortuary science professional). The director of the division of professions and occupations (director) is required to promulgate rules for such licensing. To be licensed, an individual must submit an application, pay an application fee, obtain a fingerprint-based criminal history record check, not have been subject to discipline in another state or convicted of a disqualifying crime, and meet the following qualifications:

## 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_sb173_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_173_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_173_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_173_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/27/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_173_s_blt_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_173_s_blt_fin_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_173_s_blt_fin_app_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (04/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_173_h_fin_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_173_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_173_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (04/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_173_rv2.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_173_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **59–3** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **32–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Brianna Titone — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2024-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3292740f-98cf-4e0f-be67-aca9047f2678`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).