republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-083.md

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Bill	Physician Assistant Collaboration Requirements	The act modifies the relationship between a physician assistant and a physician or podiatrist by removing the requirement that a physician assistant be supervised by a physician or podiatrist except in certain circumstances. Instead, a physician assistant must enter into a collaborative agreement with a physician or podiatrist or physician group. The physician or podiatrist must be licensed in good standing in Colorado and be actively practicing with a regular and reliable physical presence in the state.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	SB 23-083	Colorado SB 23-083 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Cleave Simpson Dafna Michaelson Jenet Faith Winter Ty Winter	10	19	5	2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00	2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/848fda71-343d-4d9f-b2e2-5ab452a0b0a6	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-083	7209ce8e4bc7394983d26b441669dd11c3cf20e1307f653deb0c2969b5a35ef2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 23-083 (2023A) — Physician Assistant Collaboration Requirements

The act modifies the relationship between a physician assistant and a physician or podiatrist by removing the requirement that a physician assistant be supervised by a physician or podiatrist except in certain circumstances. Instead, a physician assistant must enter into a collaborative agreement with a physician or podiatrist or physician group. The physician or podiatrist must be licensed in good standing in Colorado and be actively practicing with a regular and reliable physical presence in the state.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/07/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/19/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/27/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/03/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (03/23/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (03/09/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (03/27/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (03/23/2023) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (04/26/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONCUR — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 26–8 (pass) · upper
• REPASS — 26–8 (pass) · upper
• AMEND — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 60–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
• Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
• Faith Winter — primary (person)
• Ty Winter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2023-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-03-11T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services introduction
• 2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-08T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-03-07T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2023-03-02T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/848fda71-343d-4d9f-b2e2-5ab452a0b0a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).