---
type: "Bill"
title: "Licensed Psychologist Prescriptive Authority"
description: "The act requires 1 of the 7 members of the state board of psychologist examiners (board) to be a prescribing psychologist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1071"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1071 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleave Simpson", "Judy Amabile", "Mary Bradfield", "Steve Fenberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-19T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-03T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1dc9310-f505-4427-942f-391b40bccedb"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1071"
source_hash: "3c4f1248f69b4137152ad898de8b02ced4930c492bc067df2e5ed28f2ec79966"
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 23-1071 (2023A) — Licensed Psychologist Prescriptive Authority

The act requires 1 of the 7 members of the state board of psychologist examiners (board) to be a prescribing psychologist.

## 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/2023a_hb1071_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1071_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1071_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1071_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1071_s_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1071_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (02/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1071_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (02/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1071_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1071_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **56–6** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **57–5** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **59–3** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Mary Bradfield — primary (person)
- Steve Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2023-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2023-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/08/2023 - No Amendments
- **2023-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19T07:00:00+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/b1dc9310-f505-4427-942f-391b40bccedb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).