---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Colorado Medical Board"
description: "The act:Continues the functions of the Colorado medical board (board) for 9 years until September 1, 2035, pursuant to the provisions of the sunset law;Exempts from the practice of medicine for which a license is required an individual who is facilitating natural medicine services within the scope of a natural medicine facilitator license;Changes the license renewal period for a distinguished foreign teaching physician and for a temporary distinguished foreign teaching physician from annual renewal to a renewal period determined by the board, so long as the physician is still serving on the academic staff of a medical school;Authorizes the president of the board to serve as a full member of the board's licensing panel for licensing panel meetings; andAuthorizes the board, on and after January 1, 2027, to issue an administrative license to a physician who engages in the teaching or instruction of a medical student, resident, or fellow that does not involve direct patient care, including teaching or instruction activities such as curriculum management; mentorship; participation in team-based discussions; evaluation of diagnostic decision-making, clinical reasoning, or patient prioritization; providing feedback; or providing certain services that are purely administrative in nature, such as research design and analysis and other roles that require a medical license, but that do not involve treating patients or prescribing medication. A physician with an administrative license is required to have medical liability insurance and is exempted from continuing medical education requirements.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1307"
citation: "Colorado HB 1307 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care & Health Insurance", "Professions & Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Bradley", "J. Rich", "K. Mullica", "L. Gilchrist"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/039f7c31-f450-40b2-b0d4-c9bb86bc5189"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1307"
source_hash: "65d3afe014faad59c630cfb854aca30300806f785fb92cb912cbfa6c2fcb6a5c"
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 1307 (2026A) — Sunset Colorado Medical Board

The act:Continues the functions of the Colorado medical board (board) for 9 years until September 1, 2035, pursuant to the provisions of the sunset law;Exempts from the practice of medicine for which a license is required an individual who is facilitating natural medicine services within the scope of a natural medicine facilitator license;Changes the license renewal period for a distinguished foreign teaching physician and for a temporary distinguished foreign teaching physician from annual renewal to a renewal period determined by the board, so long as the physician is still serving on the academic staff of a medical school;Authorizes the president of the board to serve as a full member of the board's licensing panel for licensing panel meetings; andAuthorizes the board, on and after January 1, 2027, to issue an administrative license to a physician who engages in the teaching or instruction of a medical student, resident, or fellow that does not involve direct patient care, including teaching or instruction activities such as curriculum management; mentorship; participation in team-based discussions; evaluation of diagnostic decision-making, clinical reasoning, or patient prioritization; providing feedback; or providing certain services that are purely administrative in nature, such as research design and analysis and other roles that require a medical license, but that do not involve treating patients or prescribing medication. A physician with an administrative license is required to have medical liability insurance and is exempted from continuing medical education requirements.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112697/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115647/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116727/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116096/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116443/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116377/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116861/download)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 26-1307 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1307, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1307 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1307 to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Bradley — primary (person)
- J. Rich — primary (person)
- K. Mullica — primary (person)
- L. Gilchrist — primary (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. DeGraaf — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Soper — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-29** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-28** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-28** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-05-12** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-11** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-05-11** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-11** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-08** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2026-05-07** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-04** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-05-01** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2026-04-21** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-17** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** 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/039f7c31-f450-40b2-b0d4-c9bb86bc5189`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).