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type: "Bill"
title: "Reporting After Fatal Car Crash"
description: "The act repeals the requirement for coroners, or other officials performing like functions, to report to the department of transportation (department) deaths resulting from traffic accidents on a monthly basis. The act requires coroners, or other officials performing like functions, to report all available toxicology results to the department for each deceased party who has died as a result of a motor vehicle crash. The report must be submitted by the final business day of each quarter of the calendar year. If a participant in a crash dies within 30 days as a result of a crash, the act requires the law enforcement officer who was notified of, or investigated, the crash to submit an amended report to the department within five days after receiving a notification of the death.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1127"
citation: "Colorado HB 1127 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Corrections", "& Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Roberts", "J. Joseph", "M. Rutinel"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5510e870-c874-4c80-84f6-ef8f1c7ad4e5"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1127"
source_hash: "68eacb15005eed0d6857214596be7b6760fcf92f6f851309f6e330a8b24371a6"
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 1127 (2026A) — Reporting After Fatal Car Crash
The act repeals the requirement for coroners, or other officials performing like functions, to report to the department of transportation (department) deaths resulting from traffic accidents on a monthly basis. The act requires coroners, or other officials performing like functions, to report all available toxicology results to the department for each deceased party who has died as a result of a motor vehicle crash. The report must be submitted by the final business day of each quarter of the calendar year. If a participant in a crash dies within 30 days as a result of a crash, the act requires the law enforcement officer who was notified of, or investigated, the crash to submit an amended report to the department within five days after receiving a notification of the death.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111331/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112885/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114938/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112908/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113892/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113854/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115761/download)
## Votes
- Refer House Bill 26-1127, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.004 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1127 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.005 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- D. Roberts — primary (person)
- J. Joseph — primary (person)
- M. Rutinel — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- B. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-05-04** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-04** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-04-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-22** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-02** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2026-04-01** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2026-03-31** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-30** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2026-03-02** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-02-25** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** 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/5510e870-c874-4c80-84f6-ef8f1c7ad4e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).