republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-167.md

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Bill	Board Of Nursing Regulate Certified Midwives	Starting July 1, 2024, the act authorizes individuals who have a midwife certification from the American Midwifery Certification Board, pay the required fee, and submit to a criminal history record check to obtain a license from the state board of nursing (board) to practice as a certified midwife in the state. A certified midwife licensed by the board may apply for and obtain provisional and full prescriptive authority upon satisfying the requirements specified in the act. Certified midwives are subject to regulation by the board to the same extent that the board regulates the practice of nursing, including grounds for discipline and disciplinary actions. Effective July 1, 2024, the act adds a member to the state board of nursing who is a certified midwife or an advanced practice registered nurse who is a certified nurse midwife.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	SB 23-167	Colorado SB 23-167 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Faith Winter Lorena Garcia Mandy Lindsay Perry Will	10	15	2	2023-02-21T07:00:00+00:00	2023-05-25T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5f5189f7-8d8f-4ace-acb9-d79c6fc8624f	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-167	526e72f0c03071ee97fa67331def2d5866dec8d54e07a47d7bd17b2fa8c71e43	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 23-167 (2023A) — Board Of Nursing Regulate Certified Midwives

Starting July 1, 2024, the act authorizes individuals who have a midwife certification from the American Midwifery Certification Board, pay the required fee, and submit to a criminal history record check to obtain a license from the state board of nursing (board) to practice as a certified midwife in the state. A certified midwife licensed by the board may apply for and obtain provisional and full prescriptive authority upon satisfying the requirements specified in the act. Certified midwives are subject to regulation by the board to the same extent that the board regulates the practice of nursing, including grounds for discipline and disciplinary actions. Effective July 1, 2024, the act adds a member to the state board of nursing who is a certified midwife or an advanced practice registered nurse who is a certified nurse midwife.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/13/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/10/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/21/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/10/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/11/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (04/14/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (04/26/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (04/25/2023) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (05/25/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 31–1 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 61–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Faith Winter — primary (person)
• Lorena Garcia — primary (person)
• Mandy Lindsay — primary (person)
• Perry Will — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-25T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Finance referral-committee
• 2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services introduction
• 2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-02-21T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f5189f7-8d8f-4ace-acb9-d79c6fc8624f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).