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Bill	Update Behavioral Health License Terminology	Current law includes an incorrect reference to an 'acute treatment unit', which license type was condensed into the license for behavioral health entities in 2019. The act updates the terminology from 'acute treatment unit' to 'behavioral health entity' to conform with existing license types.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1220	Colorado HB 1220 (2026A)	bill	Health Care & Health Insurance	enacted	B. Bradley C. Espenoza J. Rich M. Carter S. Luck T. Exum	7	13	3	2026-02-17	2026-05-05	openstates	ocd-bill/d02ad886-c021-4b2d-99a9-09f3702ece5f	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1220	1bd235e849654e42b190956bf363b97951a4073a443ba3d02017cfff5257e154	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1220 (2026A) — Update Behavioral Health License Terminology

Current law includes an incorrect reference to an 'acute treatment unit', which license type was condensed into the license for behavioral health entities in 2019. The act updates the terminology from 'acute treatment unit' to 'behavioral health entity' to conform with existing license types.(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

• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1220 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1220 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B. Bradley — primary (person)
• C. Espenoza — primary (person)
• J. Rich — primary (person)
• M. Carter — primary (person)
• S. Luck — primary (person)
• T. Exum — primary (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• K. DeGraaf — cosponsor (person)
• K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
• L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-05 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/02/2026 - No Amendments
• 2026-05-01 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-01 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-05-01 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-07 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-06 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2026-03-31 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2026-03-12 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2026-03-09 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-06 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-03-05 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d02ad886-c021-4b2d-99a9-09f3702ece5f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).