---
type: "Bill"
title: "Update Medicaid Member Terminology"
description: "Current law refers to a \"member\", \"client\", \"consumer\", and \"recipient\" interchangeably when referring to an individual who is enrolled in the state medical assistance program (medicaid). The act updates the terminology to refer only to medicaid \"members\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-176"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-176 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Elisabeth Epps", "Joann Ginal", "Nick Hinrichsen"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e598ec7e-9ca0-47c2-8872-72cab0d5fdc4"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-176"
source_hash: "725c89cbfe935e03a5b1b31fb0f290554120ae5cbd79fe9fd6c7f363d6c87236"
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 24-176 (2024A) — Update Medicaid Member Terminology

Current law refers to a "member", "client", "consumer", and "recipient" interchangeably when referring to an individual who is enrolled in the state medical assistance program (medicaid). The act updates the terminology to refer only to medicaid "members".

## 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_sb176_h_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_176_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_176_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_176_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_176_s_sa_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/27/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_176_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_176_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_176_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_176_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **45–16** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Elisabeth Epps — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e598ec7e-9ca0-47c2-8872-72cab0d5fdc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).