CO HB1099

Each state-funded higher education institution must file a verified report with the joint budget committee by December 1 annually stating whether it engaged, directly or indirectly, in purchasing or trafficking aborted human body parts during the previous year.

Institutions that file affirmative reports confirming engagement in such activities shall receive no state appropriations in the fiscal year following the report filing date.

The bill adds section 23-5-144 to Colorado Revised Statutes establishing the reporting requirement and adds subsection (5) to section 23-1-104 to enforce the funding prohibition.

The act takes effect 90 days after final adjournment of the general assembly (August 9, 2017, if adjournment occurs May 10, 2017), unless a referendum petition is filed, in which case approval by voters in November 2018 is required.