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type: "Bill"
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title: "Reporting After Fatal Car Crash"
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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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2026A"
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identifier: "HB 1127"
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citation: "Colorado HB 1127 (2026A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes", "Corrections", "& Enforcement"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["D. Roberts", "J. Joseph", "M. Rutinel"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-02-04"
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last_action: "2026-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5510e870-c874-4c80-84f6-ef8f1c7ad4e5"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1127"
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source_hash: "68eacb15005eed0d6857214596be7b6760fcf92f6f851309f6e330a8b24371a6"
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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 1127 (2026A) — Reporting After Fatal Car Crash
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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.)
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111331/download)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112885/download)
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3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114938/download)
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4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112908/download)
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5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113892/download)
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6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113854/download)
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7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115761/download)
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## Votes
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- Refer House Bill 26-1127, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Adopt amendment L.004 — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Refer House Bill 26-1127 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Adopt amendment L.005 — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- D. Roberts — primary (person)
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- J. Joseph — primary (person)
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- M. Rutinel — primary (person)
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- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
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- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
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- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
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- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
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- L. García — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
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- R. English — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
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- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-05-04** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-04** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-04** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2026-04-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-22** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-04-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2026-04-02** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2026-04-01** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
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- **2026-03-31** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-30** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-10** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
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- **2026-03-05** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
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- **2026-03-02** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2026-02-25** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-04** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `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/5510e870-c874-4c80-84f6-ef8f1c7ad4e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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