---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changes to Definitions Monitoring of Prescription Drugs"
description: "The act repeals a definition of drug abuse from, and adds a definition of substance use disorder to, the state laws regulating electronic monitoring of prescription drugs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1316"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1316 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandi Bradley", "Janice Rich", "Michael Carter", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7439c3c-ca4f-4d41-a953-3b054a7400ac"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1316"
source_hash: "b96d3492100a611323c79218eb04edb55a741d2c705eda15ba51b45b66037c2a"
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 25-1316 (2025A) — Changes to Definitions Monitoring of Prescription Drugs

The act repeals a definition of drug abuse from, and adds a definition of substance use disorder to, the state laws regulating electronic monitoring of prescription drugs.

## 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/2025a_hb1316_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/17/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1316_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/20/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1316_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1316_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/21/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1316_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1316_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1316_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/24/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1316_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **58–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brandi Bradley — primary (person)
- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- Michael Carter — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)
- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T06:00:00+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/e7439c3c-ca4f-4d41-a953-3b054a7400ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).