republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1438.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Implement Prescription Drug Affordability Programs"
description: "The act makes it a deceptive trade practice under the \"Colorado Consumer Protection Act\" for a manufacturer of insulin to fail to comply with the manufacturer requirements under the insulin affordability program and for the emergency supply of prescription insulin. The act also authorizes the attorney general to enforce the epinephrine auto-injector affordability program (epinephrine program)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1438"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1438 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "Iman Jodeh", "Javier Mabrey"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-04-02T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eb24c23-1c67-4bcc-b3cd-1c09f2ce0a69"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1438"
source_hash: "64c01d9287deb8fe0d77fbc259166269dcf55379666d73ca84db2873cb613f7d"
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 24-1438 (2024A) — Implement Prescription Drug Affordability Programs

The act makes it a deceptive trade practice under the "Colorado Consumer Protection Act" for a manufacturer of insulin to fail to comply with the manufacturer requirements under the insulin affordability program and for the emergency supply of prescription insulin. The act also authorizes the attorney general to enforce the epinephrine auto-injector affordability program (epinephrine program).

## 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/2024a_hb1438_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/20/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1438_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1438_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1438_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/18/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1438_h_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1438_h_hhs_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1438_s_jud_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1438_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1438_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1438_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1438_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **45–15** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **45–14** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **44–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Iman Jodeh — primary (person)
- Javier Mabrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/3eb24c23-1c67-4bcc-b3cd-1c09f2ce0a69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).