republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1256.md

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Bill	Modifications To Civil Involuntary Commitment	Current law sets forth emergency procedures to transport a person for a screening and to detain a person for a 72-hour treatment and evaluation if the person appears to have a mental health disorder, and as a result of the mental health disorder, appears to be an imminent danger to the person's self or others or appears to be gravely disabled. Current law also sets forth procedures to certify a person for short-term or long-term care and treatment if the person has a mental health disorder, and as a result of the mental health disorder, is a danger to the person's self or others or is gravely disabled. The act modifies these procedures by:	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2022A	HB 22-1256	Colorado HB 22-1256 (2022A)	bill		enacted	Bob Gardner Dominick Moreno Judy Amabile Julie McCluskie	11	15	4	2022-02-22T07:00:00+00:00	2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/11446c8f-b771-4bc9-a178-03b18ac1f539	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1256	e9407edb25af9903d5f9e53b426f8c6c117d64655a3d77ed9b877cefab4e55f2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 22-1256 (2022A) — Modifications To Civil Involuntary Commitment

Current law sets forth emergency procedures to transport a person for a screening and to detain a person for a 72-hour treatment and evaluation if the person appears to have a mental health disorder, and as a result of the mental health disorder, appears to be an imminent danger to the person's self or others or appears to be gravely disabled. Current law also sets forth procedures to certify a person for short-term or long-term care and treatment if the person has a mental health disorder, and as a result of the mental health disorder, is a danger to the person's self or others or is gravely disabled. The act modifies these procedures by:

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (05/02/2022) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/01/2022) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/22/2022) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/24/2022) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/29/2022) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (05/05/2022) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (05/03/2022) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (05/06/2022) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (05/05/2022) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (06/08/2022) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• REPASS — 51–14 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 52–12 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 30–3 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — 50–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bob Gardner — primary (person)
• Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
• Judy Amabile — primary (person)
• Julie McCluskie — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2022-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2022-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations introduction
• 2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-22T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11446c8f-b771-4bc9-a178-03b18ac1f539. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).