---
type: "Bill"
title: "Measures On Incompetent To Proceed"
description: "Under current law, a competency report must include an opinion regarding whether the defendant can be restored to competency. In relation to that report and opinion:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-181"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-181 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Weissman", "Pete Lee"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-20T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2a19763-6692-43f5-bd98-648d09715aa6"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-181"
source_hash: "2bf3399bd804b60fb77a35f7a7f9baf70c728b51f00a17119be99e27c9773e28"
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 20-181 (2020A) — Measures On Incompetent To Proceed

Under current law, a competency report must include an opinion regarding whether the defendant can be restored to competency. In relation to that report and opinion:

## 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/2020a_sb181_h_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_181_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_181_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/20/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_181_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_181sjud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_181sjudsapp.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (06/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_181_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_181_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_181_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_181_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **27–7** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **41–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Weissman — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2020-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2a19763-6692-43f5-bd98-648d09715aa6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).