posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:19 PM
by
klehan
Colorado Bill Requiring CO Detectors To be Signed into Law
A bill requiring carbon monoxide detectors in Colorado will be signed into law
on March 24, 2009, by the governor.
Signing of the "The Lofgren and Johnson Family Carbon Monoxide Safety Act," House Bill 1091, by Gov. Bill Ritter takes place at 3:30 p.m. at Denver Fire Station No. 10.
The new law, which requires carbon-monoxide detectors in new and resold homes and rental properties, is named after members of the Lofgren family from Denver and Lauren Johnson, a 23-year-old University of Denver graduate student.
Four Lofgren family members - Parker Lofgren, 39, his wife Caroline Lofgren, 42, and their children, Owen, 10, and Sophie, 8 — died of carbon-monoxide poisoning in November while vacationing in Aspen. Johnson died in January of carbon-monoxide poisoning in her apartment near the DU campus.
The Aspen home and the Denver apartment did not have carbon monoxide detectors.
In the spirit of the new law, an anonymous donor is equipping 375 Habitat for Humanity homes in the Denver metro area with carbon monoxide detectors, and the donor has pledged 200 more for future homes, the Habitat organization said in a press release.
The Habitat donation is in memory of the Lofgren family.