republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/sb-22-021.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Treatment Behavioral Health Disorders Justice System"
description: "The act updates provisions of the existing article 1.9 of title 18, Colorado Revised Statutes, concerning the treatment of persons with mental health disorders in the criminal and juvenile justice systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-021"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-021 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adrienne Benavidez", "Judy Amabile", "Pete Lee", "Robert Rodriguez"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcb3afc9-0e00-44d4-9246-132be2e55a87"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-021"
source_hash: "93c9941a24576cddf8c4bc31e7b832a61ef82d1dc0558172d2cc6729d84ca062"
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 22-021 (2022A) — Treatment Behavioral Health Disorders Justice System

The act updates provisions of the existing article 1.9 of title 18, Colorado Revised Statutes, concerning the treatment of persons with mental health disorders in the criminal and juvenile justice systems.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_sb021_h_lc_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_021_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_021_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_021_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_021sjud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_021_s_jud_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (03/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_021_h_jud_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_021_h_jud_app_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (03/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_021_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_021_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_021_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (06/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_021_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **45–20** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CCR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **43–21** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT — **47–17** (pass) · lower
- NOT CONCUR APPT CC — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adrienne Benavidez — primary (person)
- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2022-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Legislative Council Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Refer Amended to Legislative Council `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcb3afc9-0e00-44d4-9246-132be2e55a87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).