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County Executive Officer Disclosures

CO · session 2026A · Senate · bill

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Introduced Feb 11, 2026

Latest action (May 4, 2026) Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing

Summary

This bill adjusts Colorado's county coroner certification requirements and establishes disclosure rules for financial conflicts of interest. It raises the population threshold for requiring coroners to be certified death investigators or forensic pathologists from counties with more than 150,000 residents to counties with more than 300,000 residents. The bill requires county coroners to publicly disclose on their office website any financial interests they hold in death-care businesses such as mortuaries, funeral homes, crematories, and embalming services. Coroners who have disclosed such financial interests must recuse themselves from official actions that would directly and specifically affect those businesses. The bill does not prohibit coroners or candidates from operating death-care businesses, provided they make appropriate disclosures.

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Official abstract

Existing law specifies that an individual must be a certified death investigator or forensic pathologist to be eligible to hold the office of county coroner in a county with a population greater than 150,000. The act changes this requirement to apply in a county with a population greater than 300,000. The act also requires a county coroner to disclose, on the coroner's website, their financial interest in businesses regulated by their office, including a mortuary, funeral home, crematory, embalming service, or other death-care business. A coroner who has disclosed a financial interest shall not participate in an official action that would directly and specifically affect the business in which the coroner has a financial interest. The act does not prohibit a coroner or candidate for coroner from operating a death-care business.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Sponsors (3)
23 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (16)
  1. May 4, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
  2. Apr 23, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
  3. Apr 22, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
  4. Apr 22, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  5. Apr 17, 2026 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · upper
  6. Apr 16, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
  7. Apr 15, 2026 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
  8. Apr 14, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
  9. Apr 2, 2026 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
  10. Mar 31, 2026 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
  11. Mar 19, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government · lower
  12. Mar 18, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
  13. Mar 17, 2026 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee · upper
  14. Mar 17, 2026 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
  15. Mar 12, 2026 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
  16. Feb 11, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing · upper
Subjects
Local GovernmentProfessions & Occupations

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