---
type: "Bill"
title: "Implementation Updates To Behavioral Health Administration"
description: "The act transfers certain administrative responsibilities from:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1236"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1236 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kolker", "Cleave Simpson", "Judy Amabile", "Mary Young"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-16T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dac89dc3-5300-45a5-a6d7-91ff1591d438"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1236"
source_hash: "5b37a0d7b70e917b81caf8c8e4266cb35323998d212d5a69b57ddab8a7ee0c1e"
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 23-1236 (2023A) — Implementation Updates To Behavioral Health Administration

The act transfers certain administrative responsibilities from:

## 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_hb1236_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1236_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1236_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1236_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1236_h_pbh_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1236_s_hhs_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1236_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1236_rer.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (2) (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1236_rr2.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1236_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1236_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **47–14** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **51–12** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **28–5** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **50–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Kolker — primary (person)
- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Mary Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T07:00:00+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/dac89dc3-5300-45a5-a6d7-91ff1591d438`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).