ColoradoRevision to Nurse & Nurse Aide Practice Act
What it does
In 2025, House Bill 25-1082 added physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to the professions subject to discipline for a failure to timely complete a medical certification for a certificate of death. The act adds the repeated or willful failure, without reasonable cause, to comply with the requirements of completing a medical certification for a certificate of death to the grounds for discipline in the 'Nurse and Nurse Aide Practice Act'.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 5Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- Apr 28Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- Apr 28Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- Apr 28Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 7Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 6Senate Second Reading Passed - No AmendmentsMinor
- Mar 31Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1296 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 12Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military AffairsMinor
- Mar 9House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 6House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Mar 5House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1296 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 25Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans AffairsIntroduced