---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substance Use Disorder Recovery"
description: "The act:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-028"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-028 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bri Buentello", "Brittany Pettersen", "Kevin Priola", "Leslie Herod"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38b9ad8d-c0d5-45e7-be4f-78a46efb1722"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-028"
source_hash: "03517d8144da29ebe77b45570d5022c9d5793b54635e8bd24769dc3604444ef5"
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 20-028 (2020A) — Substance Use Disorder Recovery

The act:

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_sb028_h_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_028_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/22/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_028_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_028_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/31/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_028shhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_028sapp_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_028hi_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_028app.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (06/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_028_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (06/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_028_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (06/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_028_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (06/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_028_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **24–9** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **42–23** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bri Buentello — primary (person)
- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance + Appropriations `introduction`
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 06/08/2020 - No Amendments
- **2020-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/38b9ad8d-c0d5-45e7-be4f-78a46efb1722`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).