---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require Recovery Residences to Obtain Behavioral Health Administration License"
description: "Current law requires a recovery residence operated in Colorado to be certified by a third-party certifying body, unless the recovery residence has been operating in Colorado for 30 or more years as of May 23, 2019. Beginning July 1, 2027, the act requires a recovery residence to obtain a license from the behavioral health administration (BHA). The act sets forth application procedures and rules for minimum standards of operating a recovery residence. A recovery residence must report specified occurrences to the BHA, including occurrences that result in the death of or specified injury to a resident, involve abuse and neglect of a resident, involve misappropriation of a resident's property, or in which a resident's drugs are diverted for use by another person. Recovery residence licensing is subject to sunset review prior to its repeal in 2033.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 113"
citation: "Colorado SB 113 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care & Health Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Amabile", "K. McCormick", "M. Ball", "M. Carter"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 18
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b789c5fb-8c76-4d81-8495-4920b61f7409"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-113"
source_hash: "ac2206f07980d3f89fbadbb9792232051491306f1fd44bf3a6bba39e3e816cce"
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 113 (2026A) — Require Recovery Residences to Obtain Behavioral Health Administration License

Current law requires a recovery residence operated in Colorado to be certified by a third-party certifying body, unless the recovery residence has been operating in Colorado for 30 or more years as of May 23, 2019. Beginning July 1, 2027, the act requires a recovery residence to obtain a license from the behavioral health administration (BHA). The act sets forth application procedures and rules for minimum standards of operating a recovery residence. A recovery residence must report specified occurrences to the BHA, including occurrences that result in the death of or specified injury to a resident, involve abuse and neglect of a resident, involve misappropriation of a resident's property, or in which a resident's drugs are diverted for use by another person. Recovery residence licensing is subject to sunset review prior to its repeal in 2033.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111970/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113657/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116556/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113692/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115987/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115837/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116947/download)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.015 (Attachment A) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-113, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.008 (Attachment B). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-113, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.006 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.005 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-113, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment B). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.012 (Attachment D). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment C). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment D). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.009 (Attachment C). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-113 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-113, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Amabile — primary (person)
- K. McCormick — primary (person)
- M. Ball — primary (person)
- M. Carter — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-06-02** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-20** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-05-20** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-08** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2026-05-06** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-05** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2026-05-05** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-07** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-24** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** 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/b789c5fb-8c76-4d81-8495-4920b61f7409`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).