republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1214.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Substance Abuse Treatment Program Licensing"
description: "The 'Colorado Licensing of Controlled Substances Act' (Act) is set to repeal September 1, 2026. The act implements the department of regulatory agencies' recommendations to:Continue the Act until September 1, 2041;Modernize the definition of 'substance use disorder' in the Act to more accurately reflect the type of conditions being treated by behavioral-health-administration-licensed facilities and the practitioners who may diagnose these conditions; and Remove defined terms that are no longer referenced in the Act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1214"
citation: "Colorado HB 1214 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Amabile", "J. Jackson", "R. English"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2026-02-17"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/642d9f17-bf5e-48d0-8a2f-1747d27dec14"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1214"
source_hash: "e4d7ff425e8b4a75ffd2280809731453d1d3c506df765cee86da00f7c6a2ec0c"
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 1214 (2026A) — Sunset Substance Abuse Treatment Program Licensing

The 'Colorado Licensing of Controlled Substances Act' (Act) is set to repeal September 1, 2026. The act implements the department of regulatory agencies' recommendations to:Continue the Act until September 1, 2041;Modernize the definition of 'substance use disorder' in the Act to more accurately reflect the type of conditions being treated by behavioral-health-administration-licensed facilities and the practitioners who may diagnose these conditions; and Remove defined terms that are no longer referenced in the Act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112089/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113666/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116722/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113699/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115499/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115433/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116862/download)

## Votes

- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1214, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1214 to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AMD (H.001) — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment A). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1214 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1214 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Amabile — primary (person)
- J. Jackson — primary (person)
- R. English — primary (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-29** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-28** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-28** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-05-04** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2026-05-01** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2026-04-29** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-30** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-29** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-04-28** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-22** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2026-03-25** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-24** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2026-03-20** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** 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/642d9f17-bf5e-48d0-8a2f-1747d27dec14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).