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House passes bill to update disease‑control statutes after months of debate over emergency powers and referendum rights
Summary
House Bill 10‑27, a wide‑ranging update to Colorado’s disease‑control law, passed after floor debate and several amendments that addressed immunization timing, hepatitis C screening, and the role of local authorities during prolonged emergencies.
The Colorado House passed House Bill 10‑27 on Feb. 6 after extensive committee debate and multiple floor amendments. Sponsors framed the bill as a modernization of statutes governing disease control, seeking administrative streamlining and several targeted policy changes; opponents raised concerns about parental rights, the scope of executive emergency authority, and the use of a safety clause that would limit referendum rights.
Representative Gilchrist, the bill’s sponsor in the House, said the bill updates the state's public‑health response, removes an obsolete advisory committee, authorizes additional provider types to create immunization records, extends the period students have to come into compliance with school immunization requirements…
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