HB 1127 — Reporting After Fatal Car Crash

SecondNOTE: Regular Session Seventy-fifth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REREVISED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the Second House LLS NO.

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SC RONCERNING ,A UREPORT dAFTER 4MOTOR HVEHICLE 2CRASHES rRESULTING ShadingIN denotesDEATH HOUSE. amendment.

DoubleBe underliningit denotesenacted SENATEby amendment.the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

eSECTION a1. Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.n M Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.

eIn AColorado SECTION1.InColoradoRevisedStatutes,amend42-4-1609asRevised Statutes, amend 42-4-1609 as follows:

Everycoroner or other officialofficialperforminglikefunctionsshall performing like functions shall on or before the tenth dayofday of each month report in writing to the department the death of anyanyperson person within such official's jurisdiction during the preceding calendar month as the result of an accident involving a motor vehicle and thethecircumstancesofsuchaccidentU circumstancesPONREQUESTBYTHEDEPARTMENTOF of________ suchCapital accUPONletters REQUESTor BYbold THE& DEPARTMENTitalic OFTRANSPORTATIONnumbers ,EVERYCORONERORindicate OTHERnew OFFICIALmaterial PERFORMINGadded LIKEto FUNCTIONSexisting SHALLlaw; ELECTRONICALLY REPORT ALL AVAILABLE TOXICOLOGY RESULTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONBYTHE FINALBUSINESSDAYOFEACHQUARTEROFTHE CALENDAR YEAR FOR EACH DECEASED PARTY WHO DIED DURING THE QUARTER AS THE RESULT OF A CRASH INVOLVING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITHIN THE OFFICIALS JURISDICTIO.

Fdashes Athrough CORONERwords DOESor NOTnumbers HAVEindicate ACCESSTONECESSARYTOXICOLOGYRESULTSONTHEFINALBUSINESSDAYdeletions OFTHEQUARTERfrom ,THEREPORTMUSTBESUBMITTEDINTHENEXTQUARTERexisting OFTHElaw CALENDARand YEARsuch WHENmaterial COMPLETEis RESULTSnot AREpart AVAILABLEof .THEthe REPORTact. MUST INCLUDE ALL AVAILABLE TOXICOLOGY RESULTS FOR ALL DECEASED PARTIES INVOLVED IN A CRAS,INCLUDING,BUT NOT LIMITED TO,THE BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS ;DRUG SCREENING PANELS ;

ANDTRANSPORTATION ,EVERY CORONER OR OTHER OFFICIAL PERFORMING LIKE FUNCTIONS SHALL ELECTRONICALLY REPORT ALL AVAILABLE TOXICOLOGY RESULTSTOTHEDEPARTMENTOFTRANSPORTATIONBYTHEFINALBUSINESS DAYOFEACHQUARTEROFTHECALENDARYEARFOREACHDECEASEDPARTY WHO DIED DURING THE DATEQUARTER ,TIME,ANDAS SOURCETHE RESULT OF A CRASH INVOLVING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITHIN THE SAMPLEOFFICIAL COLLECTIONS'S JURISDICTION.F A CORONER DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO NECESSARY TOXICOLOGY RESULTS ON THE FINAL BUSINESS DAY OF THE QUARTER ,THE REPORT MUST BE SUBMITTED IN THE NEXT QUARTER OF THE CALENDAR YEAR WHEN COMPLETE RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE .

HETHE DEPARTMENTREPORT OFMUST TRANSPORTATIONINCLUDE MAYALL ONLYAVAILABLE REQUESTTOXICOLOGY PERSONALRESULTSFORALLDECEASEDPARTIESINVOLVEDINACRASH IDENTIFYING,INCLUDING INFORMATION,BUT ABOUTNOTLIMITEDTO A,THEBLOODALCOHOLCONCENTRATIONS DECEASED;DRUGSCREENING PERSONPANELS PURSUANT;AND TOTHE THISDATE SECTION,TIME THAT,AND ISSOURCE NECESSARYOF TOTHE MEETSAMPLE FEDERALCOLLECTIONS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS .

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MAY ONLY REQUEST PERSONAL IDENTIFYINGINFORMATIONABOUT ADECEASEDPERSONPURSUANT TOTHIS SECTIONTHATISNECESSARYTOMEETFEDERALREPORTINGREQUIREMENTS .

In Colorado Revised Statutes, 42-4-1606, amend -2- 1127 (4)(a)(I) as follows:

(4) (a) (I) It is the duty of all law enforcement officers who receive notification of traffic accidents CRASHES within their respective jurisdictions or who investigate such accidentsCaccidentsFIC CRASHES either at the time of or at the scene of the accident CRASH or thereafter by interviewinginterviewingparticipantsorwitnessestosubmitreportsofallsuchaccidents participantsCRASHES or witnesses to submit reports of all such accidentsCRASHES to the department on the form provided, including insurance information received from any driver, within five days ofofR AFTER the time they receive suTHEsuchTHE information or complete their investigation.investigatioF AI PARTICIPANT IN A CRASH DIES WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE CRASH AS A RESULT OF AN INJURY SUSTAINED IN THE CRASH ,THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERWHOWASNOTIFIEDOFORINVESTIGATEDTHECRASHSHALLSUBMIT AN AMENDED REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN FIVE DAYS AFTER RECEIVINGNOTIFICATIONOFTHEDEATH .Thelawenforcementofficershall indicate in suchHE report whether the inflatable restraint system in the vehicle, if any, inflated and deployed in the accidentRASH .

IFor PARTICIPANTthe INpurposesofthissection,"inflatablerestraintsystem"hasthesamemeaning Aas CRASHset DIESforth WITHINin THIRTY49 DAYSCFR AFTERsec. THE CRASH AS A RESULT OF AN INJURY SUSTAINED IN THE CRA,H THELAWENFORCEMENTOFFICERWHOWASNOTIFIEDOFORINVESTIGATED THE CRASH SHALL SUBMIT AN AMENDED REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN FIVE DAYS AFTER RECEIVING NOTIFICATION OF THE DEAT.

The507.208 lawS4.1.5.1 enforcement(b) officer49 shallCFRSEC indicate in sucheport whether the inflatable restraint system in the vehicle, if any, inflated and deployed in the accidentRASH .

For the purposes of this section, "inflatable restraint system" has the same meaning as set forth in 49 CFR sec.

507.208 S4.1.5.1 (b)9 CFR SEC.

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on the day following the expiration of the ninety-dayperiodafterfinaladjournmentofthegeneralassembly(Augustninety-dayperiod after final adjournment of the general assembly(August 12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026);

except that, if a referendumreferendumpetitionisfiledpursuanttosection1(3)ofarticleVofthestate petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect -3- 1127 unless approvedPAGE by3-HOUSE theBILL people26-1127 atapprovedbythepeopleatthegeneralelectiontobeheldinNovember2026 the general election to be held in November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.

-4-____________________________ 1127____________________________ Julie McCluskie James Rashad Coleman, Sr.

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE ____________________________ ____________________________ Vanessa Reilly Esther van Mourik CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SECRETARY OF OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE APPROVED________________________________________ (Date and Time) _________________________________________ Jared S.

Polis GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO PAGE 4-HOUSE BILL 26-1127