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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Protect Neutral Determinations In Health Insurance"
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description: "The act clarifies 2008 legislation prohibiting discretionary clauses in certain plans and insurance policies and providing for the de novo standard of review (roughly translated as \"anew\" or \"from a clean slate\") in any court by:"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2020A"
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identifier: "SB 20-176"
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citation: "Colorado SB 20-176 (2020A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brianna Titone", "Jessie Danielson", "Joann Ginal", "Mary Young"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2020-02-20T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2020-07-14T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/461f75bc-d841-4441-974f-1b059815bdb0"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-176"
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source_hash: "51b045b14a1e7887b10838358caf38efbc054e60f880b98902d4f2b6ed70e794"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado SB 20-176 (2020A) — Protect Neutral Determinations In Health Insurance
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The act clarifies 2008 legislation prohibiting discretionary clauses in certain plans and insurance policies and providing for the de novo standard of review (roughly translated as "anew" or "from a clean slate") in any court by:
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_sb176_h_hi_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_176_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (06/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_176_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (02/20/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_176_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_176hi_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (03/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_176_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (06/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_176_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_176_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (07/14/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_176_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **65–0** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brianna Titone — primary (person)
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- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
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- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
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- Mary Young — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-07-14T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2020-06-23T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`
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- **2020-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/461f75bc-d841-4441-974f-1b059815bdb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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