---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electroconvulsive Treatment for Minors"
description: "Current law prohibits electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) from being performed on a minor under 16 years of age. The act authorizes ECT to be performed on a minor who is under 16 years of age only if:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1471"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1471 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Mary Bradfield", "Mary Young"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/242d3337-5b5d-4c63-a2b7-b772fc41539a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1471"
source_hash: "5523ebf259f07427d907088373c7fb4db6717245ed36e2b526e18dd0bd15f5a9"
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 24-1471 (2024A) — Electroconvulsive Treatment for Minors

Current law prohibits electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) from being performed on a minor under 16 years of age. The act authorizes ECT to be performed on a minor who is under 16 years of age only if:

## 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_hb1471_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1471_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1471_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (05/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1471_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (05/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1471_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1471_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1471_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1471_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **59–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Mary Bradfield — primary (person)
- Mary Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-23T06:00:00+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
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+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/242d3337-5b5d-4c63-a2b7-b772fc41539a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).