republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1177.md

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Bill	End Nursing Provider Wage Enhancement Payments	The act prohibits the department of health care policy and financing (department) from making a wage enhancement supplemental payment to an eligible nursing home provider regardless of when the services were provided. The act reduces the 2025-26 state fiscal year appropriation to the department for medical and long-term care services for medicaid eligible individuals by $4,359,961.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1177	Colorado HB 1177 (2026A)	bill	Health Care & Health Insurance	enacted	B. Kirkmeyer E. Sirota J. Amabile J. Bridges K. Brown R. Taggart	7	12	3	2026-02-06	2026-02-27	openstates	ocd-bill/4a099fd2-ab20-4299-a7d1-60536d7b741c	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1177	b387c62c2c6ef56b9cdd79bf5d7911abba84a2dd33ab4843a9e159bdb0a58927	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1177 (2026A) — End Nursing Provider Wage Enhancement Payments

The act prohibits the department of health care policy and financing (department) from making a wage enhancement supplemental payment to an eligible nursing home provider regardless of when the services were provided. The act reduces the 2025-26 state fiscal year appropriation to the department for medical and long-term care services for medicaid eligible individuals by $4,359,961.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
6. Revised (committee substitute) — source
7. Signed Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer House Bill 26-1177 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer House Bill 26-1177 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
• E. Sirota — primary (person)
• J. Amabile — primary (person)
• J. Bridges — primary (person)
• K. Brown — primary (person)
• R. Taggart — primary (person)
• J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-27 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-02-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-02-26 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-02-26 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-02-20 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-19 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-02-18 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2026-02-17 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations introduction
• 2026-02-12 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-11 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-02-10 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a099fd2-ab20-4299-a7d1-60536d7b741c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).