Conference Committee on HB26-1258

Thursday, May 7, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

A conference committee reconciled dueling versions of HB26-1258, adopting a report that restores the House's tougher F5 felony penalty for funeral-industry crimes after Senate Appropriations had softened it to current-law F6.

Key Actions

·Changes to Practices Relating to DeathNo vote

Notable Quotes

“And this is something that the victims have been asking for for a long time. An increase in penalty here. And this is something I wanted to be able to. To deliver on for the victims that I heard from. From Penrose, from Sunset Mesa. And so for me, this was really carrying their water here.”
Matt Soper — Soper framed the higher F5 penalty as a direct response to victims of funeral-industry abuses, including the Sunset Mesa case.

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TranscriptPreview

Recognize that only one person per year has been convicted. Even the fiscal analysts agreed that it's all likely that that will go down because we've already cleared through a bunch of cases where you would likely convict someone of this. Hang on a second. The mics are not working, so you gotta say all that again. Can you do it? Can you do it, like, faster this next time? Okay, Just a summary. Yeah. Can you give us the Cliff Notes? Okay. Now that. Now that we've already gone through it. Okay, so. And while you're doing that, I'm gonna go say here in the finance with me real quick. Oh, wait, I need to. I'll be right back. The mic's not working anymore. Now she can hear us. Okay. Who's she, the fiscal ms? No, our principal researcher. How we doing, Mr. Martinez? Great. All right, the first conference committee for 12 day will come in order. Senators and Representatives. Henriksen. Here. Martinez. Here. Pelton R. Here. Still. Sofer. Here. Roberts. Excused. Antitone. I am here. Rep. Soper, why don't you tell us about the differences between Senate and the House version? Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll keep…

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