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Backcountry Search And Rescue In Colorado

It became law on Jun 27, 2021.

CO SB 21-245 · Senate Bill · 2021A

Stage
Became law
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Senate
Sponsors
4
Latest action
Jun 27, 2021

What it does

The act defines "backcountry search and rescue" as the utilization, training, and support of responders, with their specialized equipment, to locate, provide assistance to, and remove to safety individuals who are lost, injured, stranded, or entrapped, generally in remote areas of the state. The division of parks and wildlife (division) within the department of natural resources must conduct a study and develop recommendations on the issues related to backcountry search and rescue, including how to develop a sustainable structure for coordination among the local, state, federal, and nonprofit organizations involved in backcountry search and rescue, the adequacy of resources and benefits…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Jun 27, 2021

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Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in Colorado.

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