---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Prescription Drug Monitoring Program"
description: "The act continues the prescription drug monitoring program (program) indefinitely.Additionally, the act:Authorizes the state board of pharmacy (board) to promulgate rules that identify a list of prescription drugs that are not currently listed as controlled substances and require such drugs to be tracked through the program;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-098"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-098 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Janice Rich", "Kyle Mullica", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa40145f-8b47-446d-a049-53ada0a20f78"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-098"
source_hash: "7966ce1e3cc4eed293b5de72aa9c500f2ff87f84908fd9b1e863eb604acf4622"
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 21-098 (2021A) — Sunset Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

The act continues the prescription drug monitoring program (program) indefinitely.Additionally, the act:Authorizes the state board of pharmacy (board) to promulgate rules that identify a list of prescription drugs that are not currently listed as controlled substances and require such drugs to be tracked through the program;

## 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/2021a_sb098_h_pbh_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_098_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_098_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_098_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_098_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_098_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_098_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_098_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **49–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T07:00:00+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/aa40145f-8b47-446d-a049-53ada0a20f78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).