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Senate approves bill to remove sterilization authority for people with disabilities after amendment
Colorado State Senate · March 10, 2026
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Summary
The Senate adopted an amendment and passed House Bill 10-40, which removes an outdated statutory provision allowing sterilization of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities without informed consent, replacing it with an informed-consent standard.
The Colorado Senate on March 10 approved House Bill 10-40 with an amendment clarifying that sterilization may not proceed in the absence of a person's informed consent.
Senator Cutter, speaking to the Health and Human Services report,…
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