republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2025a/hb-25-1082.md

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Bill	Qualified Individuals Death Certificates	In current law, a "qualified individual" is authorized to determine the cause of death of an individual and complete the medical certification for a certificate of death. The act defines the term "qualified individual" to include a physician, a physician assistant, an advanced practice registered nurse, or the chief medical officer of the institution in which the death occurred.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2025A	HB 25-1082	Colorado HB 25-1082 (2025A)	bill		enacted	Dafna Michaelson Jenet Kyle Brown Rod Pelton Ron Weinberg	10	15	2	2025-01-14T07:00:00+00:00	2025-06-04T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/66be694a-8bb6-46e6-99b4-a3cbfb7f214c	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1082	dbe2f7aa7c913effdbad767f9ce2f5c42107fedebe02b3857c7b75c410c76ad4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 25-1082 (2025A) — Qualified Individuals Death Certificates

In current law, a "qualified individual" is authorized to determine the cause of death of an individual and complete the medical certification for a certificate of death. The act defines the term "qualified individual" to include a physician, a physician assistant, an advanced practice registered nurse, or the chief medical officer of the institution in which the death occurred.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/27/2025) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/13/2025) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/14/2025) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/04/2025) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (03/25/2025) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (03/31/2025) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (04/30/2025) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (04/29/2025) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (06/04/2025) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 64–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
• Kyle Brown — primary (person)
• Rod Pelton — primary (person)
• Ron Weinberg — primary (person)
• A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
• B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
• J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
• L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
• M. Soper — cosponsor (person)
• R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-06-04T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2025-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2025-03-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-02-03T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2025-01-14T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66be694a-8bb6-46e6-99b4-a3cbfb7f214c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).