republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2025a/sb-25-042.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral Health Crisis Response Recommendations"
description: "No later than June 30, 2026, the act requires the department of public safety (DPS), in collaboration with the behavioral health administration (BHA), to consult with stakeholders to identify:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "SB 25-042"
citation: "Colorado SB 25-042 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Amabile", "Lisa Cutter", "Mary Bradfield", "Regina English"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f90cbe84-9cb0-4ad7-a356-fdd54872a580"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-042"
source_hash: "d9c9f2035f4abead7d94fc1f15dd941a4f36ad7962878c65cf04d2f4407466c2"
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 25-042 (2025A) — Behavioral Health Crisis Response Recommendations

No later than June 30, 2026, the act requires the department of public safety (DPS), in collaboration with the behavioral health administration (BHA), to consult with stakeholders to identify:

## 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/2025a_sb042_h_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_042_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/20/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_042_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_042_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_042_s_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (02/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_042_s_hhs_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/18/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_042_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_042_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/12/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_042_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (03/26/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_042_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **53–10** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **31–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Mary Bradfield — primary (person)
- Regina English — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2025-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2025-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2025-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2025-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08T07:00:00+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/f90cbe84-9cb0-4ad7-a356-fdd54872a580`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).