---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substance Use Disorders Recovery"
description: "The act creates a voluntary recovery-friendly workplace program (program) in the center for health, work, and environment at the Colorado school of public health. The program recognizes and assists employers that implement recovery-friendly policies to help employees in recovery from substance use disorders. The program repeals September 1, 2028."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-048"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-048 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris deGruy Kennedy", "Kevin Priola", "Mike Lynch"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9746d063-f318-41cd-b9d1-e331eea3891a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-048"
source_hash: "62438d24a53cad5d75a066ac9731989854692dcfa214dff676899eedd4418c04"
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 SB 24-048 (2024A) — Substance Use Disorders Recovery

The act creates a voluntary recovery-friendly workplace program (program) in the center for health, work, and environment at the Colorado school of public health. The program recognizes and assists employers that implement recovery-friendly policies to help employees in recovery from substance use disorders. The program repeals September 1, 2028.

## 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_sb048_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_048_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_048_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_048_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_048_s_blt_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_048_s_blt_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_048_h_hhs_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_048_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_048_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_048_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_048_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **49–12** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **22–13** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **22–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris deGruy Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Mike Lynch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-05T06:00:00+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 Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
- **2024-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9746d063-f318-41cd-b9d1-e331eea3891a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).