republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1385.md

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Bill	Public Defender & Prosecutor Behavioral Health Program	The public defender and prosecutor behavioral health support program (program) is funded through any appropriation made for the program and any gifts, grants, and donations received for the program. Current law splits the program allocation to direct 50% of the money to the Colorado district attorneys' council to award grants to district attorneys' offices and 50% to the office of the state public defender. For state fiscal year 2026-27, the program allocation split is altered to direct 100% of program money to the office of the state public defender.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1385	Colorado HB 1385 (2026A)	bill	Courts & Judicial	enacted	B. Kirkmeyer E. Sirota J. Amabile J. Bridges K. Brown R. Taggart	7	14	3	2026-04-02	2026-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/de65695b-4301-4c10-8c95-77741ce73dcc	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1385	97e3dd6049918b78c273b913c86521b9c700c03a0808048bf0028f3dd7661ca2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1385 (2026A) — Public Defender & Prosecutor Behavioral Health Program

The public defender and prosecutor behavioral health support program (program) is funded through any appropriation made for the program and any gifts, grants, and donations received for the program. Current law splits the program allocation to direct 50% of the money to the Colorado district attorneys' council to award grants to district attorneys' offices and 50% to the office of the state public defender. For state fiscal year 2026-27, the program allocation split is altered to direct 100% of program money to the office of the state public defender.(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 26-1385 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1385 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper

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)
• C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
• K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-27 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-05-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-22 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-05-22 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-16 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-15 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-04-14 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2026-04-13 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations introduction
• 2026-04-11 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-10 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-04-09 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-04-08 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-04-06 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-04-02 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de65695b-4301-4c10-8c95-77741ce73dcc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).