HB 24-1291 CO

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The Colorado supreme court approved the licensure of legal paraprofessionals (LLPs), which allows LLPs to represent clients and perform certain types of legal services related to domestic relations matters, including: Legal separations, declarations of invalidity of marriage, or dissolutions of marriage or a civil union; Initial allocations or modifications of an allocation of parental responsibility, including parentage determinations; Matters involving establishment or modification of child support or maintenance; Seeking, modifying, or terminating a civil protection order; Matters involving a name change; and Matters involving a request for an amended birth certificate to change the sex designation of an adult. The act amends the relevant statutory provisions to align with the Colorado supreme court rule authorizing the licensure of LLPs. APPROVED by Governor April 29, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• Regina English Democratic · primary
• Junie Joseph Democratic · primary
• Dylan Roberts Democratic · primary
• Bob Gardner · primary

1. Apr 29, 2024 Governor Signed · executive
2. Apr 19, 2024 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. Apr 19, 2024 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
4. Apr 18, 2024 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
5. Mar 25, 2024 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · lower
6. Mar 21, 2024 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily · lower
7. Mar 20, 2024 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
8. Mar 19, 2024 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor · upper
9. Mar 15, 2024 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/19/2024 - No Amendments · upper
10. Mar 11, 2024 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
11. Mar 6, 2024 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary · upper
12. Mar 4, 2024 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
13. Mar 1, 2024 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · lower
14. Feb 27, 2024 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
15. Feb 13, 2024 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary · lower