HB26-1277 • 2026

Sunset Kidney Disease Prevention Education Task Force

Sunset Process - House Health and Human Services Committee. The bill implements the recommendation of the department of regulatory agencies in its 2025 sunset review and report to sunset the kidney di

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Rep. M. Bradfield, Rep. S. Lieder, Sen. L. Daugherty, Rep. C. Barron, Rep. A. Boesenecker, Rep. J. Caldwell, Rep. S. Camacho, Rep. C. Clifford, Rep. M. Duran, Rep. R. Gonzalez, Rep. E. Hamrick, Rep. J. Jackson, Rep. J. Joseph, Rep. R. Keltie, Rep. J. McCluskie, Rep. K. Nguyen, Rep. M. Rutinel, Rep. T. Story, Rep. B. Titone, Sen. M. Catlin, Sen. J. Coleman, Sen. I. Jodeh, Sen. K. Wallace
Last action: 2026-03-31
Official status: Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on what happens after the task force ends, leaving that as an unknown.

Sunset Kidney Disease Prevention Education Task Force

This bill ends the kidney disease prevention and education task force as recommended by a government review.

What This Bill Does

Removes the law that created the kidney disease prevention and education task force.
Follows a recommendation from the department of regulatory agencies to end this task force.

Who It Names or Affects

The people who work on or with the kidney disease prevention and education task force.

Terms To Know

Sunset: A process where certain government programs are reviewed to see if they should continue or end.
Task Force: A group of people brought together to work on a specific problem or project.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what will happen after the task force ends.
If a referendum petition is filed, voters might decide whether this law takes effect in November 2026.

Bill History

2026-03-31 Senate
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
2026-03-30 Senate
Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
2026-03-25 Senate
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
2026-03-10 Senate
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
2026-03-05 House
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
2026-03-04 House
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
2026-03-03 House
House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
2026-02-19 House
Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services

Official Summary Text

Sunset Process - House Health and Human Services Committee.
The bill implements the recommendation of the department of regulatory agencies in its 2025 sunset review and report to sunset the kidney disease prevention and education task force.
(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

HOUSE BILL 26-1277
BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Bradfield and Lieder, Barron, Boesenecker,
Caldwell, Camacho, Clifford, Duran, Gonzalez R., Hamrick, Jackson,
Joseph, Keltie, Nguyen, Rutinel, Story, Titone, McCluskie;
also SENATOR(S) Daugherty, Catlin, Jodeh, Wallace, Coleman.
CONCERNING THE CONTINUATION OF THE KIDNEY DISEASE PREVENTION AND
EDUCATION TASK FORCE , AND , IN CONNECTION THEREWITH ,
IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
REGULATORY AGENCIES IN THE DEPARTMENT'S 2025 SUNSET REPORT
TO SUNSET THE TASK FORCE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, repeal 25-1-136.
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 2-3-1203, repeal
(17)(a)(VI) as follows:
2-3-1203. Sunset review of advisory committees - legislative
declaration - definition - repeal.
(17) (a) The following statutory authorizations for the designated
NOTE: This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative
officers and the Governor. To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill
or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
history, or the Session Laws.
________
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
the act.
advisory committees will repeal on September 1, 2026:
(VI) The kidney disease prevention and education task force created
in section 25-1-136;
SECTION 3. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
takes effect September 1, 2026; except that, if a referendum 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 the ninety-day period after final
adjournment of the general assembly, then the act, item, section, or part will
not take effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be
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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.
____________________________ ____________________________
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
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