Funeral Services & Consumer Protections

Added Senate co-sponsors (Cutter, Jodeh, Kipp, Michaelson Jenet, Wallace, Weissman) to the House Bill sponsorship list.

Updated committee assignments to reflect Senate committee structure (Business, Labor, & Technology).

Added reading status headers indicating 3rd Reading Unamended dates for Senate (April 1, 2025) and House (March 10, 2025).

Added Amended 2nd Reading status for House dated March 7, 2025.

Removed preliminary PREAMENDED notice and committee amendment status text.

Corrected page numbering and formatting inconsistencies from the previous draft version.

Changed the statute number for the funeral director theft section from 6-1-738 to 6-1-737 in multiple places throughout the bill.

Changed the section letter in the unfair trade practices definition from (jjjj) to (iiii) in the Colorado Revised Statutes.

Added header information including 'First Regular Session', 'Seventy-fifth General Assembly', and committee information that was not present in the original version.

Added a note indicating the bill is prepared for signatures and directing readers to official legislative status resources.

Repositioned the bill title and sponsor information from the top of the document to after the 'Be it enacted' language.

Corrected the Speaker of the House name from 'Julie Mc' to 'Julie McCluskie' in the signature block.

Updated signature lines to use blank lines instead of pre-printed names for the House Speaker, Senate President, Chief Clerk, and Secretary.

Changed the Governor's signature line to use a blank line instead of a pre-printed name.

Added a new definition for 'Transportation Protection Agreement' to distinguish it from preneed contracts, clarifying it involves third-party coordination of human remains preparation or transportation.

Created a new statute making theft of client funds by funeral directors a deceptive trade practice under the Colorado Consumer Protection Act.

Added an unlawful act provision specifically prohibiting funeral directors from violating the new theft of client funds statute.

Extended the deadline for demonstrating 4,000 hours of work experience for provisional licenses from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2027.

Added a new subsection to the Colorado Consumer Protection Act definitions to include violations of the funeral director theft statute.

Added five new co-sponsors (Bacon, Bird, Boesenecker, Brown, Duran, Hamrick, Lieder, Lindsay) to the House sponsorship list, expanding the coalition of legislators supporting the bill.

Inserted a '3rd Reading Unamended' marker with the date March 10, 2025, to document that the bill passed its final House reading without further amendments.

Removed the 'ENGROSSED' header and replaced it with 'REENGROSSED' to reflect the bill's current legislative status after additional amendments were processed.

Added a requirement that applicants for provisional licenses must demonstrate four thousand hours of work experience by January 1, 2027.

Added language clarifying that the bill establishes a violation under the Colorado Consumer Protection Act and Mortuary Science Code for theft of client money by funeral directors.

Modified the title to distinguish transportation protection agreements from preneed contracts more clearly.

Changed the bill status from 'Introduced' to 'Engrossed' and updated the bill summary note to reflect amendments adopted on second reading.