HB 17-1099

House Bill 17-1099, which has been signed into law, requires Colorado state-funded higher education institutions to report every December if they have bought or traded in body parts from aborted fetuses during the previous year. If an institution admits to such activities, it will lose all state funding for the following fiscal year. This bill impacts public colleges and universities that receive state money and aims to prevent them from using fetal tissue for research or other purposes.

Official Summary

Each higher education institution that receives funding from the state must file a verified report each December 1 with the joint budget committee stating whether or not the institution engaged, directly or indirectly, in the purchase or trafficking of aborted human body parts in the previous year. If a higher education institution files a report affirming that the institution engaged, directly or indirectly, in the purchase or trafficking of aborted human body parts, the general assembly shall not appropriate any state funding in the next fiscal year. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

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