republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1277.md

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Bill	Eligible Recipients For Final Disposition Expenses	Current law does not include the definitions "public assistance" and "medical assistance" relating to death reimbursements for funeral, cremation, and burial expenses for deceased public assistance or medical assistance recipients. The act adds the definitions "public assistance" and "medical assistance" to clarify who qualifies as a public assistance or medical assistance recipient.Current law authorizes death reimbursements for a person who has applied or was eligible for public benefits. The act requires the person to be receiving the public benefits at the time of death.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1277	Colorado HB 21-1277 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Brittany Pettersen Donald Valdez Larry Liston Perry Will	8	12	2	2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00	2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6666a16a-1b6c-415d-88d3-035f725b9cdf	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1277	8674882ee486660d2262dc43263cc6c46a2393d20764bb2e0242225ae964d339	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1277 (2021A) — Eligible Recipients For Final Disposition Expenses

Current law does not include the definitions "public assistance" and "medical assistance" relating to death reimbursements for funeral, cremation, and burial expenses for deceased public assistance or medical assistance recipients. The act adds the definitions "public assistance" and "medical assistance" to clarify who qualifies as a public assistance or medical assistance recipient.Current law authorizes death reimbursements for a person who has applied or was eligible for public benefits. The act requires the person to be receiving the public benefits at the time of 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. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (05/10/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/08/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/15/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (05/11/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (05/21/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (05/20/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (06/18/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 61–2 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
• Donald Valdez — primary (person)
• Larry Liston — primary (person)
• Perry Will — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-09T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6666a16a-1b6c-415d-88d3-035f725b9cdf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).