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type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing Commission on Medicaid"
description: "The act creates the commission on medicaid (commission) to develop recommendations regarding implementation of new federal medicaid policy changes that go into effect in 2026, 2027, and 2028 and to support Coloradans impacted by those policy changes. The commission is required to:Convene at least 6 times but no more than 12 times between May 14, 2026 and December 11, 2026;Invite relevant state agency representatives and medicaid stakeholders to present and provide feedback on commission recommendations; andContract with a technical advisor to assist the commission in writing and submitting a report to the general assembly and the governor documenting the commission's process and any recommendations by December 11, 2026. The act appropriates $500,000 to the legislative department from the general fund to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 187"
citation: "Colorado SB 187 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care & Health Insurance", "Human Services", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Kirkmeyer", "E. Sirota", "J. Amabile", "J. Bridges", "K. Brown", "R. Taggart"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 13
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-05-01"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f11378f-d712-4c7b-b287-82468139fe98"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-187"
source_hash: "2a58cc46275b2d00613b0e75a131c7b3ea878a8a419df4e89ca81874e094e596"
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 187 (2026A) — Establishing Commission on Medicaid
The act creates the commission on medicaid (commission) to develop recommendations regarding implementation of new federal medicaid policy changes that go into effect in 2026, 2027, and 2028 and to support Coloradans impacted by those policy changes. The commission is required to:Convene at least 6 times but no more than 12 times between May 14, 2026 and December 11, 2026;Invite relevant state agency representatives and medicaid stakeholders to present and provide feedback on commission recommendations; andContract with a technical advisor to assist the commission in writing and submitting a report to the general assembly and the governor documenting the commission's process and any recommendations by December 11, 2026. The act appropriates $500,000 to the legislative department from the general fund to implement 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/115626/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115931/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116605/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116017/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116291/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116257/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116829/download)
## Votes
- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AMEND (L.002) — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer Senate Bill 26-187 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-187 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- E. Sirota — primary (person)
- J. Amabile — primary (person)
- J. Bridges — primary (person)
- K. Brown — primary (person)
- R. Taggart — primary (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-05-29** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-13** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2026-05-11** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-09** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2026-05-09** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-07** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2026-05-07** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-06** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2026-05-06** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-01** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f11378f-d712-4c7b-b287-82468139fe98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).