HB 1109 CO
Sign Language Consumer Protection Study
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Summary
This bill authorizes Colorado's Communication Services for People with Disabilities Enterprise Board to contract with a third-party researcher by July 1, 2027, to study sign language interpretation services available to the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind communities in the state. The study will include interviews, data collection, and comparative research. The researcher must report findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the board and the Division for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deafblind by July 1, 2028.
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Official abstract
The act authorizes the communication services for people with disabilities enterprise board (board), in consultation with the division for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind (division), to enter into a contract with a third-party researcher on or before July 1, 2027, to study sign language interpretation services for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind community in the state. If the board enters into a contract with a third-party researcher, the act establishes certain interview, data-collection, and comparative research requirements for the study and requires the third-party researcher to report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the board and the division on or before July 1, 2028.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors (3)
- J. Joseph Democratic · sponsor
- K. Stewart Democratic · sponsor
- J. Danielson Democratic · sponsor
41 coauthors / cosponsors
- A. Boesenecker Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Brown Democratic · cosponsor
- S. Camacho Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Clifford Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Duran Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Froelich Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Goldstein Democratic · cosponsor
- E. Hamrick Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Jackson Democratic · cosponsor
- S. Lieder Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Lindsay Democratic · cosponsor
- B. Marshall Democratic · cosponsor
- K. McCormick Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Nguyen Democratic · cosponsor
- A. Paschal Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Phillips Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Rutinel Democratic · cosponsor
- G. Rydin Democratic · cosponsor
- E. Sirota Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Smith Democratic · cosponsor
- R. Stewart Democratic · cosponsor
- T. Story Democratic · cosponsor
- B. Titone Democratic · cosponsor
- S. Woodrow Democratic · cosponsor
- Y. Zokaie Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Amabile Democratic · cosponsor
- A. Benavidez Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Coleman Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Cutter Democratic · cosponsor
- T. Exum Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Gonzales Democratic · cosponsor
- I. Jodeh Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Kipp Democratic · cosponsor
- W. Lindstedt Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Marchman Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Mullica Democratic · cosponsor
- D. Roberts Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Snyder Democratic · cosponsor
- T. Sullivan Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Wallace Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Weissman Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (18)
- Jun 2, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
- Jun 1, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
- Jun 1, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
- Jun 1, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
- May 7, 2026 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · lower
- May 5, 2026 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily · lower
- May 4, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
- May 1, 2026 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · upper
- Apr 30, 2026 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
- Apr 23, 2026 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations · upper
- Mar 27, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services · upper
- Mar 24, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
- Mar 23, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
- Mar 23, 2026 House Committee of the Whole Amendment - Change from Lost to Passed · lower
- Mar 20, 2026 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
- Mar 2, 2026 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations · lower
- Feb 24, 2026 House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Finance · lower
- Feb 3, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services · lower
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