---
type: "Bill"
title: "CAPS Checks For Substantiated Mistreatment Of Adult"
description: "The act authorizes the department of human services (state department) to disclose the results of a CAPS check without a court order to:A health oversight agency within the department of regulatory agencies (DORA), or a regulator within such a health oversight agency, for the purpose of a regulatory investigation; or"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1123"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1123 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Colin Larson", "Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Jim Smallwood", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-19T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eec8e2a3-1620-45fe-a3cd-3e56685c15af"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1123"
source_hash: "78498fb00efc788c0d0267b8742508d9cb0247a2077b523a38452842f7c11d0f"
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 HB 21-1123 (2021A) — CAPS Checks For Substantiated Mistreatment Of Adult

The act authorizes the department of human services (state department) to disclose the results of a CAPS check without a court order to:A health oversight agency within the department of regulatory agencies (DORA), or a regulator within such a health oversight agency, for the purpose of a regulatory investigation; or

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/5dfd784f8a8a5f2d8725869400000aa3__hearing_summary/21HousePublic0309AttachO.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1123_s_hhs_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (03/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1123_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (04/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1123_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (02/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1123_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (03/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1123pbh_01.pdf)
7. **PA2 (04/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1123shhs_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (03/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1123_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1123_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1123_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1123_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **61–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Colin Larson — primary (person)
- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - No Amendments
- **2021-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral 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/eec8e2a3-1620-45fe-a3cd-3e56685c15af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).