republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-272.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crisis And Suicide Prevention Training Grant Program"
description: "The bill creates the crisis and suicide prevention training grant program (grant program) in the department of public health and environment (department). The purpose of the grant program is to provide financial assistance to schools in providing crisis and suicide prevention training to schools, with priority given to those schools that have previously not received such training. The grant program may authorize up to $400,000 in grants per year in varying amounts. The office of suicide prevention and the school safety resource center shall work collaboratively with the department to develop guidelines and criteria for the grant program. Grant recipients are required to report on their activities using grant money."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-272"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-272 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Beth Martinez Humenik", "Nancy Todd", "Terri Carver"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a027355f-435d-42b3-88d3-0855176ef96c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-272"
source_hash: "264c219ce3d26cc82654e2340485523d8ca9e19aad8390b9610172136a0b6491"
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 18-272 (2018A) — Crisis And Suicide Prevention Training Grant Program

The bill creates the crisis and suicide prevention training grant program (grant program) in the department of public health and environment (department). The purpose of the grant program is to provide financial assistance to schools in providing crisis and suicide prevention training to schools, with priority given to those schools that have previously not received such training. The grant program may authorize up to $400,000 in grants per year in varying amounts. The office of suicide prevention and the school safety resource center shall work collaboratively with the department to develop guidelines and criteria for the grant program. Grant recipients are required to report on their activities using grant money.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_sb272_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_272_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_272_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_272_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_272sapp_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_272_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_272_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_272_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_272_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **53–12** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **27–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Beth Martinez Humenik — primary (person)
- Nancy Todd — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-20T06:00:00+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/a027355f-435d-42b3-88d3-0855176ef96c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).