republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/sb-20-033.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow Medicaid Buy-in Program After Age 65"
description: "Subject to federal authorization and funding, the act authorizes working adults with disabilities who are 65 years of age or older to continue participating in the existing medicaid buy-in program (program)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-033"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-033 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack Tate", "Rhonda Fields", "Susan Lontine"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a1442c4-187e-423c-882b-6712538d1172"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-033"
source_hash: "34d72d9434def8989159d558f5f65b01a1f930cbdceab47c0d95cfae68303c05"
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 SB 20-033 (2020A) — Allow Medicaid Buy-in Program After Age 65

Subject to federal authorization and funding, the act authorizes working adults with disabilities who are 65 years of age or older to continue participating in the existing medicaid buy-in program (program).

## 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_sb033_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_033_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_033_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_033_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_033shhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_033shhssapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/28/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_033phc_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (03/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_033_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (06/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_033_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (06/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_033_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (07/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_033_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **56–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Susan Lontine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-06T06:00:00+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
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **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`
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 06/08/2020 - No Amendments
- **2020-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`
- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a1442c4-187e-423c-882b-6712538d1172`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).