---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modernize Behavioral Health Terminology"
description: "Statutory Revision Committee. The bill is a follow-up and clean-up to Senate Bill 17-242, which updated and modernized terminology in the Colorado Revised Statutes related to behavioral health, including mental health disorders, alcohol use disorders, and substance use disorders.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-091"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-091 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Martinez Humenik", "Dan Thurlow"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-22T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b769629-3ebd-4a03-8d31-efd685bb4806"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-091"
source_hash: "316b99d1d456c70ed17b0ea8315dc9baca1b42efadc4542f8c60b12bc8831be9"
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 18-091 (2018A) — Modernize Behavioral Health Terminology

Statutory Revision Committee. The bill is a follow-up and clean-up to Senate Bill 17-242, which updated and modernized terminology in the Colorado Revised Statutes related to behavioral health, including mental health disorders, alcohol use disorders, and substance use disorders.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

## 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_sb091_h_phc_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_091_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_091_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_091_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_091shhs_001_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/13/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_091_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_091_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_091_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_091_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **61–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Martinez Humenik — primary (person)
- Dan Thurlow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/05/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`
- **2018-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-22T07:00:00+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/1b769629-3ebd-4a03-8d31-efd685bb4806`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).