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DENVER (AP) — Colorado's coroners are lobbying for a late-session bipartisan bill that would remove autopsy reports on minors' deaths from the state's open records act, citing a need for family privacy and the prospect of copycat youth suicides.

Press organizations are among those opposing the bill, which has cleared the state Senate and will be heard by the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday. They argue it would remove the work of elected county coroners from public scrutiny and stymie reporting on such issues as the welfare of children under state supervision.

"We do not want to diminish...