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type: "Bill"
title: "Remove Authorization Requirement Adjust Chronic Prescription"
description: "The act allows a health-care provider to, under certain circumstances, adjust the dose or frequency of a chronic maintenance drug without needing prior authorization from an insurance carrier."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "SB 25-301"
citation: "Colorado SB 25-301 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Dusty Johnson", "Katie Wallace", "Sheila Lieder"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f079441-ea7b-4f0b-b5a5-306c9e0379d7"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-301"
source_hash: "ad1aa823f78e2075947b21599fcb35c9f47bada5350715717befce8a18889f39"
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 25-301 (2025A) — Remove Authorization Requirement Adjust Chronic Prescription
The act allows a health-care provider to, under certain circumstances, adjust the dose or frequency of a chronic maintenance drug without needing prior authorization from an insurance carrier.
## 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_sb301_h_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_301_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/12/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_301_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/21/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_301_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_301_s_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/28/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_301_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_301_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_301_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_301_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- CONCUR — **350** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **586** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **622** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **613** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **340** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Dusty Johnson — primary (person)
- Katie Wallace — primary (person)
- Sheila Lieder — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- B. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Garcia Sander — cosponsor (person)
- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Bradfield — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Taggart — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2025-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2025-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-21T06:00:00+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/4f079441-ea7b-4f0b-b5a5-306c9e0379d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).