---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physician Continuing Education"
description: "The act establishes a continuing medical education requirement (CME) for physicians licensed in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1153"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1153 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jenny Willford", "Lisa Cutter", "Lorena García", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-30T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bae50a60-f377-481b-9784-a34e992478e0"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1153"
source_hash: "2755243755a6104fe8655b607a30ae7b38db4aeb660bfe16246fc95a051f3024"
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 24-1153 (2024A) — Physician Continuing Education

The act establishes a continuing medical education requirement (CME) for physicians licensed in this state.

## 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/2024a_hb1153_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1153_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1153_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1153_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1153_h_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1153_h_hhs_fin_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1153_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1153_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1153_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1153_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **22–13** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **43–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jenny Willford — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Lorena García — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/bae50a60-f377-481b-9784-a34e992478e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).