Thank you for your interest in SB 24-130 and the related efforts to avoid a divisive and potentially damaging fight at the ballot this fall over medical liability policy in Colorado. With the help of Governor Polis and a group of bi-partisan legislative leaders, a compromise was reached between the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, Coloradans Protecting Patient Access, the Colorado Chamber of Commerce and the American Property Casualty Insurance Association:  

House Bill 1472, Raise Damage Limit Tort Actions (Reps Brown and Pugliese and Senators Mullica and Gardner)

This measure is moving forward in lieu of SB 24-130. 

Key health care provisions of the legislation include:

• Medical Liability: Over a five-year implementation period, increase the non-economic damages cap from the current $300,000 to $875,000 and establish a new and separate wrongful death award capped at $1.575 million. Starting in 2030, the caps will be automatically adjusted for inflation every two years.  

• General Liability: Increase in the non-economic damages cap from the current $729k to $1.5 million and wrongful death cap from the current $642k to $2.125 million. Starting in 2028, the caps will be automatically adjusted for inflation every two years.   

Upon the governor’s signature of the legislation, the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association and CPPA agree to withdraw proposed initiative #’s: 150, 170, 171, 228, 274, 275 and 277. This agreement preserves Colorado’s medical confidentiality laws that support peer review and enable patient safety and quality improvement efforts.  

Learn more about the legislation: https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1472