republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/sb-22-173.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telepharmacy Criteria Remove Location Restriction"
description: "The act removes telepharmacies from the definition of \"other outlet\" under current law and removes the geographic restriction requiring that a telepharmacy outlet be located more than 20 miles from the nearest prescription drug outlet or another telepharmacy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-173"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-173 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hugh McKean", "Jim Smallwood", "Robert Rodriguez", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-23T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81a49ecb-fa19-4872-a00a-9b6c3592ad54"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-173"
source_hash: "f742aa47de3e1ffb9746712a59fcf67b635053895aaec0014d24ab95275ce7ee"
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 22-173 (2022A) — Telepharmacy Criteria Remove Location Restriction

The act removes telepharmacies from the definition of "other outlet" under current law and removes the geographic restriction requiring that a telepharmacy outlet be located more than 20 miles from the nearest prescription drug outlet or another telepharmacy.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_sb173_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_173_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_173_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/23/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_173_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_173_s_blt_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_173_s_blt_fin_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_173_s_blt_fin_app_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_173_h_pbh_01.pdf)
9. **PA5 (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_173_h_pbh_fin_01.pdf)
10. **PA6 (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_173_h_pbh_fin_app_01.pdf)
11. **Reengrossed (04/27/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_173_ren.pdf)
12. **Rerevised (05/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_173_rer.pdf)
13. **Revised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_173_rev.pdf)
14. **Signed Act (06/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_173_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **60–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hugh McKean — primary (person)
- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81a49ecb-fa19-4872-a00a-9b6c3592ad54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).