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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly
SB18-096

Modernize "Mental Retardation" Terminology

Type Bill
Session 2018 Regular Session
Subjects
Health Care & Health Insurance Human Services

Concerning modernizing statutory provisions that refer to terms related to "mental retardation".

Bill Summary:

Intellectual and developmental disability - updates to terminology. Statutory Revision Committee. The act modernizes and makes nonsubstantive changes to provisions of statute that use terms like "mental retardation" or "mentally retarded" by replacing the terms with more appropriate "intellectual and developmental disability" language.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Prime Sponsors

Senator Beth Humenik

Senator

Beth Humenik

Representative Dan Thurlow

Representative

Dan Thurlow

Committees

Senate

Judiciary

House

Public Health Care & Human Services

Status

Became Law

Introduced

Passed

Became Law

Related Documents & Information

Date Version Documents
03/21/2018 Signed Act PDF
03/12/2018 Final Act PDF
03/06/2018 Rerevised PDF
03/05/2018 Revised PDF
02/13/2018 Reengrossed PDF
02/12/2018 Engrossed PDF
01/22/2018 Introduced PDF
Date Version Documents
02/08/2018 PA1 PDF
Date Version Documents
08/03/2018 FN2 PDF
02/01/2018 FN1 PDF
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
03/06/2018 Third Reading BILL
63
AYE
0
NO
1
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
02/13/2018 Third Reading BILL
35
AYE
0
NO
0
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Location Action
03/21/2018 Governor Governor Signed
03/12/2018 Governor Sent to the Governor
03/12/2018 House Signed by the Speaker of the House
03/09/2018 Senate Signed by the President of the Senate
03/06/2018 House House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/05/2018 House House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/02/2018 House House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/05/2018 - No Amendments
02/27/2018 House House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
02/15/2018 House Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services
02/13/2018 Senate Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
02/12/2018 Senate Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
02/07/2018 Senate Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
01/22/2018 Senate Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
Effective Date Chapter # Title Documents
08/08/2018 44 Modernize "Mental Retardation" Terminology PDF

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