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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Marriage & Family Therapy Clinical Requirements"
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description: "The act allows an applicant for licensure as a marriage and family therapist (LMFT) whose master's or doctoral degree program did not include an internship or practicum to also be registered as an LMFT candidate but requires these candidates to complete an additional 700 supervised clinical hours to become an LMFT.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2026A"
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identifier: "HB 1228"
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citation: "Colorado HB 1228 (2026A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Professions & Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["J. Danielson", "L. Feret", "R. Stewart"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-18"
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last_action: "2026-05-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfaa3db0-9b97-49c2-b0f7-feef26e17e98"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1228"
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source_hash: "c78fc2681b61d3c5fc9350afde29085e863efb0e56f1b6194d6cc310e795cf90"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 1228 (2026A) — Marriage & Family Therapy Clinical Requirements
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The act allows an applicant for licensure as a marriage and family therapist (LMFT) whose master's or doctoral degree program did not include an internship or practicum to also be registered as an LMFT candidate but requires these candidates to complete an additional 700 supervised clinical hours to become an LMFT.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112148/download)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112916/download)
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3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116527/download)
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4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112946/download)
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5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114549/download)
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6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114480/download)
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7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116710/download)
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## Votes
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- Refer House Bill 26-1228 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Refer House Bill 26-1228 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- J. Danielson — primary (person)
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- L. Feret — primary (person)
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- R. Stewart — primary (person)
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- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
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- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
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- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
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- L. García — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-05-26** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-20** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-05-20** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2026-04-14** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-04-13** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2026-04-09** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
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- **2026-03-06** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-05** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2026-03-04** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfaa3db0-9b97-49c2-b0f7-feef26e17e98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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