---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health Practice Act"
description: "The act:Specifies title use restrictions for certified addiction specialists, certified addiction technicians, and addiction counselor candidates;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1305"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1305 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Faith Winter", "Rod Pelton"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7204c21e-8843-48e6-8940-3906fe2cead2"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1305"
source_hash: "64c3934310557f340b2aeebe4fb043d87624c74d6341399fdb06a2b03e86a66a"
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 21-1305 (2021A) — Mental Health Practice Act

The act:Specifies title use restrictions for certified addiction specialists, certified addiction technicians, and addiction counselor candidates;

## 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/02e74d97d937e7ad872586d2006b30b7__hearing_summary/21HousePublic0511AttachA.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1305_s_hhs_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (05/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1305_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (06/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1305_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (05/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1305_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (05/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1305pbh_01.pdf)
7. **PA2 (05/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1305shhs_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1305_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1305_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1305_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1305_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **59–5** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **53–9** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **62–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **32–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Rod Pelton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+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/7204c21e-8843-48e6-8940-3906fe2cead2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).