HB 24-1103 Colorado House · 2024 Regular Session

Prohibiting Term Excited Delirium

Summary
The act prohibits training for law enforcement personnel, emergency medical service providers, or other first responders from including the term "excited delirium"; except that in an emergency medical service provider training the term may be used in teaching the history of the term. A peace officer is prohibited from using the term "excited delirium" to describe a person in an incident report. A coroner or other person authorized to determine a cause of death shall not register "excited delirium" as the cause of death on a death certificate. APPROVED by Governor April 4, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 25, 2024 Signed Apr 4, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 18, 2024 · House Feb 13, 2024

How they voted

2312
Passed
Total votes 35
Mar 18, 2024
D Democratic23
23 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican12
12 Nay
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Apr 4, 2024
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
Mar 18, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
upper
Mar 11, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Jan 25, 2024
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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