Representative Titone and Representative Soper, co-prime bill sponsors, presented Senate Bill 24-173, concerning the regulation of persons providing mortuary science services. The bill requires the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) to regulate certain mortuary science occupations. Representative Soper discussed the DORA 2023 Sunrise Review of Funeral Service Professionals (Attachment G) and amendment L.017 (Attachment H). Representative Soper and Representative Titone responded to questions from the committee.

Sam Delp, representing DORA, testified in support of the bill. Patty Salazar, representing DORA, testified in support of the bill. Chris Schaefer, representing the Colorado Bureau of Investigation in the Department of Public Safety, testified in support of the bill. Faith Haug, representing the Colorado Community College System and Arapahoe Community College, testified in support of the bill. Conor Norris, representing the Knee Center for Regulatory Research, testified in a neutral position on the bill. Dalene Paull, representing the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards, was available to answer committee questions. The panelists responded to questions from the committee.

Written testimony was provided to the committee (Attachment I).

Representative Soper and Representative Titone explained amendment L.017.

Representative Titone and Representative Soper made concluding remarks about the bill.