republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-203.md

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Bill	Prohibit Carrier From Requiring Alternative Drug	The bill prohibits a carrier from requiring a covered person to undergo step therapy:	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-203	Colorado SB 17-203 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Chris Kennedy Nancy Todd Phil Covarrubias	11	20	4	2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00	2017-06-02T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/bcdce21d-f2d8-40cc-aea4-10a1420f9cfd	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-203	01172104ea194e595ce9f4f9acc27ffb6a3b75b15cf5b7fa7bf2bf1c04d2d632	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-203 (2017A) — Prohibit Carrier From Requiring Alternative Drug

The bill prohibits a carrier from requiring a covered person to undergo step therapy:

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.019 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (03/21/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Act (05/18/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced (02/28/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA1 (03/16/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA2 (04/12/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (03/22/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (04/18/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (04/13/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (06/02/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt amendment L.013. The motion passed on a vote of 5-2. — 5–2 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.019 (Attachment B) to Senate Bill 17-203. The motion passed on a vote of 8-3. — 8–3 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-203, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-203, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 8-3. — 8–3 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
• Nancy Todd — primary (person)
• Phil Covarrubias — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-02T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Adherence - Result was to Recede
• 2017-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Adhere
• 2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment introduction
• 2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-03-15T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bcdce21d-f2d8-40cc-aea4-10a1420f9cfd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).