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Bill	Modernize Behavioral Health Terminology in Colorado Revised Statutes	The bill updates and modernizes terminology in the Colorado Revised Statutes related to behavioral health, mental health, alcohol abuse, and substance abuse. Based on specific contexts, the new terminology refers to behavioral health disorders, mental health disorders, alcohol use disorders, or substance use disorders.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-242	Colorado SB 17-242 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Beth Martinez Humenik Joann Ginal Kim Ransom	15	15	12	2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00	2017-05-25T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/34b48bc0-d794-4fef-9ff2-255c4cc4c7dd	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-242	eae2127a2071d5a82668acb058575437ddb483f238a3f7ed9dd55453a8407681	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-242 (2017A) — Modernize Behavioral Health Terminology in Colorado Revised Statutes

The bill updates and modernizes terminology in the Colorado Revised Statutes related to behavioral health, mental health, alcohol abuse, and substance abuse. Based on specific contexts, the new terminology refers to behavioral health disorders, mental health disorders, alcohol use disorders, or substance use disorders.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.003 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment L.004 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment L.005 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment L.007 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment L.008 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment L.009 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amendment L.011 (committee substitute) — source
8. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
9. Engrossed (03/28/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Final Act (05/19/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. Introduced (03/16/2017) (committee substitute) — source
12. Reengrossed (03/29/2017) (committee substitute) — source
13. Rerevised (05/08/2017) (committee substitute) — source
14. Revised (05/05/2017) (committee substitute) — source
15. Signed Act (05/25/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer Senate Bill 17-242, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment E) to Senate Bill 17-242. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsider L.007 (Attachment A) to Senate Bill 17-242. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment B) to Senate Bill 17-242. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.011 (Attachment B) to Senate Bill 17-242. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment D) to Senate Bill 17-242. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment C) to Senate Bill 17-242. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-242 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-242, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.009 (Attachment G) to Senate Bill 17-242. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.008 (Attachment F) to Senate Bill 17-242. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsider SB 17-242. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — 11–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Beth Martinez Humenik — primary (person)
• Joann Ginal — primary (person)
• Kim Ransom — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-25T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2017-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Reconsider to Health, Insurance, & Environment
• 2017-03-30T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment introduction
• 2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-2
• 2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/34b48bc0-d794-4fef-9ff2-255c4cc4c7dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).