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Colorado · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 25-237: Repeal Behavioral Health Voucher Program

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 25-237 is a bill introduced in the Colorado Senate on March 31, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Repeal Behavioral Health Voucher Program. Primary sponsor: Rick Taggart (Republican), Emily Sirota (Democratic), Jeff Bridges (Democratic), Judy Amabile (Democratic). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 9, 2025): House Committee of the Whole Amendment - Change from Passed to Lost.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Joint Budget Committee. The bill repeals the behavioral health voucher program for rural and agricultural communities and reduces the appropriation to the behavioral health administration by $50,000.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rick TaggartPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Emily SirotaPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Jeff BridgesPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Judy AmabilePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
S. BirdCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Barbara KirkmeyerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate23

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. House Committee of the Whole Amendment - Change from Passed to Lost
  2. House Second Reading Special Order - Lost - No Amendments
  3. House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
  4. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
  5. Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations
  6. Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
  7. Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
  8. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source