---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral Health-care Workforce"
description: "The act requires the behavioral health administration (BHA) in the department of human services (department) to create and implement a behavioral health-care provider workforce plan on or before September 1, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-181"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-181 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleave Simpson", "Jeff Bridges", "Lisa Cutter", "Tonya Van Beber"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-03-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc3350b4-7f03-4e11-b814-8930b5e3b9ee"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-181"
source_hash: "7bf5298046929cf11c4de3bb97e762ce7846a807ac5405c5d67e2b6d5d47ff3c"
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 22-181 (2022A) — Behavioral Health-care Workforce

The act requires the behavioral health administration (BHA) in the department of human services (department) to create and implement a behavioral health-care provider workforce plan on or before September 1, 2022.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_sb181_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_181_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_181_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_181_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_181_s_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_181_s_hhs_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_181_h_pbh_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_181_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_181_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_181_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_181_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **46–19** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Tonya Van Beber — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28T06:00:00+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/dc3350b4-7f03-4e11-b814-8930b5e3b9ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).