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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clinical Practice For Opioid Prescribing"
+description: "Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee. The bill restricts the number of opioid pills that a health care practitioner, including physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists, and veterinarians, may prescribe for an initial prescription to a seven-day supply and allows each health care practitioner to exercise discretion to include a second fill for a seven-day supply, unless, in the judgment of the practitioner, the patient:"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2018A"
+identifier: "SB 18-022"
+citation: "Colorado SB 18-022 (2018A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Chris Kennedy", "Irene Aguilar", "Jack Tate"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-05-21T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb42c1d3-287d-4228-8d86-170ad472d857"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-022"
+source_hash: "d39ea2cd62fa690b94afd310eed4adff8d5918455dfefed266efb09822725e5f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
+---
+
+# Colorado SB 18-022 (2018A) — Clinical Practice For Opioid Prescribing
+
+Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee. The bill restricts the number of opioid pills that a health care practitioner, including physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists, and veterinarians, may prescribe for an initial prescription to a seven-day supply and allows each health care practitioner to exercise discretion to include a second fill for a seven-day supply, unless, in the judgment of the practitioner, the patient:
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_sb022_h_hie_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (02/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_022_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_022_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_022_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (02/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_022shhs_001_01.pdf)
+6. **PA2 (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_022hie_01.pdf)
+7. **Reengrossed (02/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_022_ren.pdf)
+8. **Rerevised (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_022_rer.pdf)
+9. **Revised (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_022_rev.pdf)
+10. **Signed Act (05/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_022_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CONCUR — **34–1** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **29–6** (pass) · lower
+- REPASS — **29–6** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **40–25** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
+- Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Irene Aguilar — primary (person)
+- Jack Tate — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2018-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
+- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
+- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2018-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment `introduction`
+- **2018-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2018-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2018-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/16/2018 - No Amendments
+- **2018-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2018-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb42c1d3-287d-4228-8d86-170ad472d857`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+