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type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health Training in Concussion Education"
description: "The act requires coaches of youth athletic activities to complete a biennial mental health education course. The required mental health education course must address a coach's impact on the mental health of a youth athlete, a wellness framework for youth athletes, mental health disorders, trauma, substance abuse, and suicide prevention. The act requires a coach of a youth athlete, or other designated personnel, to advise the parent or guardian of the youth athlete to seek a medical evaluation from a licensed health-care provider for appropriate medical and behavioral health guidance if the youth athlete is removed from play for a suspected concussion.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 60"
citation: "Colorado SB 60 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["E. Hamrick", "L. Daugherty", "R. Pelton", "T. Winter"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8dc5954-552c-44d7-9fdc-0e00e137046f"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-060"
source_hash: "105c3f80cd280a4c17060067abea32b3f1a1d1da50ef051462fa02527972adc1"
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 60 (2026A) — Mental Health Training in Concussion Education
The act requires coaches of youth athletic activities to complete a biennial mental health education course. The required mental health education course must address a coach's impact on the mental health of a youth athlete, a wellness framework for youth athletes, mental health disorders, trauma, substance abuse, and suicide prevention. The act requires a coach of a youth athlete, or other designated personnel, to advise the parent or guardian of the youth athlete to seek a medical evaluation from a licensed health-care provider for appropriate medical and behavioral health guidance if the youth athlete is removed from play for a suspected concussion.(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/111057/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113402/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115233/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113445/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115012/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114855/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115899/download)
## Votes
- Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment A). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-060, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-060, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment C). — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- E. Hamrick — primary (person)
- L. Daugherty — primary (person)
- R. Pelton — primary (person)
- T. Winter — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — 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. Liston — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-03-18** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-05** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-23** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2026-04-21** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-20** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-17** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-04-15** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2026-03-18** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-17** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-28** 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/e8dc5954-552c-44d7-9fdc-0e00e137046f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).