Revision to Nurse & Nurse Aide Practice Act
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.)
How representatives voted
9 yea·0 nay
- Katie WallaceYEA
State Senator · Democratic · CO
- Tom SullivanYEA
State Senator · Democratic · CO
- Lynda Zamora WilsonYEA
State Senator · Republican · CO
- William LindstedtYEA
State Senator · Democratic · CO
- Marc CatlinYEA
State Senator · Republican · CO
- Scott BottomsYEA
State Representative · Republican · CO
- Brandi BradleyYEA
State Representative · Republican · CO
- Lisa FeretYEA
State Representative · Democratic · CO
- Naquetta RicksYEA
State Representative · Democratic · CO
Action history
- 4/28/2026Sent to the Governor
- 4/28/2026Signed by the President of the Senate
- 4/28/2026Signed by the Speaker of the House
- 4/7/2026Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- 4/6/2026Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
- 3/31/2026Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
- 3/12/2026Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
- 3/9/2026House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- 3/6/2026House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- 3/5/2026House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole