republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-113.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Require Recovery Residences to Obtain Behavioral Health Administration License	Current law requires a recovery residence operated in Colorado to be certified by a third-party certifying body, unless the recovery residence has been operating in Colorado for 30 or more years as of May 23, 2019. Beginning July 1, 2027, the act requires a recovery residence to obtain a license from the behavioral health administration (BHA). The act sets forth application procedures and rules for minimum standards of operating a recovery residence. A recovery residence must report specified occurrences to the BHA, including occurrences that result in the death of or specified injury to a resident, involve abuse and neglect of a resident, involve misappropriation of a resident's property, or in which a resident's drugs are diverted for use by another person. Recovery residence licensing is subject to sunset review prior to its repeal in 2033.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	SB 113	Colorado SB 113 (2026A)	bill	Health Care & Health Insurance	enacted	J. Amabile K. McCormick M. Ball M. Carter	7	16	18	2026-02-12	2026-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/b789c5fb-8c76-4d81-8495-4920b61f7409	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-113	ac2206f07980d3f89fbadbb9792232051491306f1fd44bf3a6bba39e3e816cce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 113 (2026A) — Require Recovery Residences to Obtain Behavioral Health Administration License

Current law requires a recovery residence operated in Colorado to be certified by a third-party certifying body, unless the recovery residence has been operating in Colorado for 30 or more years as of May 23, 2019. Beginning July 1, 2027, the act requires a recovery residence to obtain a license from the behavioral health administration (BHA). The act sets forth application procedures and rules for minimum standards of operating a recovery residence. A recovery residence must report specified occurrences to the BHA, including occurrences that result in the death of or specified injury to a resident, involve abuse and neglect of a resident, involve misappropriation of a resident's property, or in which a resident's drugs are diverted for use by another person. Recovery residence licensing is subject to sunset review prior to its repeal in 2033.(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

• Adopt amendment L.015 (Attachment A) — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-113, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.008 (Attachment B). — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-113, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. — pass (pass) · upper
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.006 — pass (pass) · upper
• REPASS — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.005 — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-113, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment B). — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.012 (Attachment D). — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment C). — pass (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment D). — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.009 (Attachment C). — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-113 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-113, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• J. Amabile — primary (person)
• K. McCormick — primary (person)
• M. Ball — primary (person)
• M. Carter — primary (person)
• A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
• A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
• E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
• G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
• I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
• J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
• J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
• K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
• K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
• L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
• M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
• M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
• N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
• R. English — cosponsor (person)
• T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
• W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-02 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-05-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-20 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-05-20 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-05-08 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2026-05-06 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-05 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2026-05-05 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-04-13 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-04-07 House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction
• 2026-03-25 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-24 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2026-03-20 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b789c5fb-8c76-4d81-8495-4920b61f7409. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).