Key Votes
HB 1123 - Funeral Registration - Key Vote
Colorado Key Votes
Stages
- April 3, 2008 Senate Bill Sent To Committee
- March 31, 2008 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 15, 2008 Introduced
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Bill Sent To Committee (Senate) - April 3, 2008
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (41-24) - March 31, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: Funeral Registration
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that requires the registration of all funeral establishments and re-registration every two years.
Highlights:
- Prohibits anyone in the funeral business from interfering with a person's right to choose a funeral establishment [sec. 3 (e)].
- Limits access to the body during embalming and cremation to the embalmer, cremator and licensed nurses or doctors with a medical reason for being present [sec. 3 (i) (I-VIII)].
- Makes it unlawful for a mortuary to sell human body parts [sec. 4 (1)(n)].
- Requires a mortuary science practitioner to be licensed by the director of the division of registrations [sec. 9 (12-54-110) (1) (a) (I)].
- Requires a mortuary to maintain sanitary conditions [sec. 9 (12-54-111) (1) (a)].
- Gives the director of the department of regulatory agencies the authority to investigate licensed mortuary science practitioners and registered mortuaries and revoke a license in the case of regulation violations [sec. 9 (12-54-112) (4) (a)].
- Grants immunity from civil action to employees whom in good faith report or testify about violations made by a funeral service provider [sec. 9 (12-54-114)].
- Effective date of this bill July 1, 2008 (Sec. 13).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 15, 2008
Title: Funeral Registration
Sponsors
- Steve Johnson (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Debbie Stafford (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Morgan L. Carroll (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gwyn Green (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jeanne Labuda (CO - D)
- Liane 'Buffie' McFadyen (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Anne L. McGihon (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Karen Middleton (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Cherylin N. Peniston (CO - D)
- John F. Soper (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Nancy Janann Todd (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
