republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1138.md

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Bill	Procedures Related To Adult Competency	The act removes the requirement that if a defendant is in jail or an inpatient setting, a finding that the defendant is an imminent danger to the defendant's self or others is required for the competency evaluation and report. If the competency evaluation determines that the defendant meets the criteria for civil certification and inpatient services, the behavioral health administration (BHA) shall, directly or through a contract, provide care coordination services for the defendant. If the court orders, as a condition of bond, that restoration to competency take place on an outpatient basis, the department of human services is responsible for the oversight of restoration education and coordination of services.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	HB 23-1138	Colorado HB 23-1138 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Judy Amabile Matt Soper Robert Rodriguez	9	16	4	2023-01-31T07:00:00+00:00	2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c295e1fb-a786-440a-99f5-f726a61ecf14	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1138	c24cd34a5fc4f0b80faba7b1124fc2c2358cdf75648707cc93a2d93339232832	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 23-1138 (2023A) — Procedures Related To Adult Competency

The act removes the requirement that if a defendant is in jail or an inpatient setting, a finding that the defendant is an imminent danger to the defendant's self or others is required for the competency evaluation and report. If the competency evaluation determines that the defendant meets the criteria for civil certification and inpatient services, the behavioral health administration (BHA) shall, directly or through a contract, provide care coordination services for the defendant. If the court orders, as a condition of bond, that restoration to competency take place on an outpatient basis, the department of human services is responsible for the oversight of restoration education and coordination of services.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/18/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/17/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/31/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/15/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (04/21/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/03/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (05/02/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/07/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 54–8 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 55–8 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 24–11 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — 62–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Judy Amabile — primary (person)
• Matt Soper — primary (person)
• Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
• 2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-02-14T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-01-31T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c295e1fb-a786-440a-99f5-f726a61ecf14. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).