---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recovery Residence Discharge Policy"
description: "The act transfers responsibility for regulating recovery residences from the department of public health and environment to the department of health and human services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1204"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1204 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Priola", "Ron Weinberg", "William Lindstedt"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-15T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9816d9b-2c2b-4134-ac84-da15b294e085"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1204"
source_hash: "e8ea593858ab93f935eb8b5001f79c8500ce6dbd9a986501a72f99fac5e48e4d"
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 23-1204 (2023A) — Recovery Residence Discharge Policy

The act transfers responsibility for regulating recovery residences from the department of public health and environment to the department of health and human services.

## 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_hb1204_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1204_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1204_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1204_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1204_h_pbh_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (2) (03/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1204_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1204_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1204_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1204_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **52–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Ron Weinberg — primary (person)
- William Lindstedt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2023-02-15T07:00:00+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/d9816d9b-2c2b-4134-ac84-da15b294e085`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).