republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1411.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "COVID-19 Funds Allocation For Behavioral Health"
description: "The act appropriates money from the cares subfund in the general fund to the department of human services, the department of public health and environment, the department of higher education, and the department of law for behavioral health programs and services that were not accounted for in the state budget most recently approved as of March 27, 2020, and are necessary to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. All of the appropriations must be expended on or before December 30, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1411"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1411 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Rhonda Fields", "Tracy Kraft-Tharp"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4238153-d2ea-4c01-a1da-6f102a2b0dc7"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1411"
source_hash: "be562fa6ba038c61621c67b3991a09195e50a69768ec077b4a7de42213082e8b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 20-1411 (2020A) — COVID-19 Funds Allocation For Behavioral Health

The act appropriates money from the cares subfund in the general fund to the department of human services, the department of public health and environment, the department of higher education, and the department of law for behavioral health programs and services that were not accounted for in the state budget most recently approved as of March 27, 2020, and are necessary to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. All of the appropriations must be expended on or before December 30, 2020.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_hb1411_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1411_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1411_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1411_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (06/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1411sa_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (06/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1411_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1411_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1411_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/22/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1411_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **46–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Tracy Kraft-Tharp — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4238153-d2ea-4c01-a1da-6f102a2b0dc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).