republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-182.md

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Bill	Temporary Suspension Of Medicaid Requirements	As a condition of receiving federal money under the federal "Families First Coronavirus Response Act", the state was required to maintain the enrollment of nearly all individuals receiving medicaid until April 1, 2023, at which point the state was given 14 months to return to normal eligibility and enrollment operations. Additionally, due to the declared public health emergency in Colorado in response to the COVID-19 outbreak and to effectuate the federal continuous enrollment requirement, the governor suspended certain statutory requirements related to enrollment and cost sharing in medical assistance programs. The act suspends these requirements statutorily for the 14 months after April 1, 2023.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	SB 23-182	Colorado SB 23-182 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Barbara Kirkmeyer Rachel Zenzinger Rose Pugliese Shannon Bird	8	13	2	2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00	2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a80429b1-b542-4792-b89e-de8f4326cbf4	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-182	e5fdbd7a8849db924058eb42f7a45c5078e0f5413a2de09b96e2d9ce11f9e0ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 23-182 (2023A) — Temporary Suspension Of Medicaid Requirements

As a condition of receiving federal money under the federal "Families First Coronavirus Response Act", the state was required to maintain the enrollment of nearly all individuals receiving medicaid until April 1, 2023, at which point the state was given 14 months to return to normal eligibility and enrollment operations. Additionally, due to the declared public health emergency in Colorado in response to the COVID-19 outbreak and to effectuate the federal continuous enrollment requirement, the governor suspended certain statutory requirements related to enrollment and cost sharing in medical assistance programs. The act suspends these requirements statutorily for the 14 months after April 1, 2023.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/17/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/21/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/09/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (03/20/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (04/13/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (04/12/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (04/27/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 56–7 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 33–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
• Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
• Rose Pugliese — primary (person)
• Shannon Bird — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations introduction
• 2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
• 2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a80429b1-b542-4792-b89e-de8f4326cbf4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).