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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibit Corporal Punishment Of Children"
+description: "The act prohibits a person employed by or volunteering in a public school, a state-licensed child care center, a family child care home, or a specialized group facility from imposing corporal punishment on a child. The act defines \"corporal punishment\" as the willful infliction of, or willfully causing the infliction of, physical pain on a child."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2023A"
+identifier: "HB 23-1191"
+citation: "Colorado HB 23-1191 (2023A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Regina English", "Rhonda Fields"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-10T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a37beab-b63a-417b-9edf-042bed4f6beb"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1191"
+source_hash: "dec7ec63076d2e1632cb9e4bbab5f9c62e063bafdb04c7ab2e5d0fb978e00cae"
+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 HB 23-1191 (2023A) — Prohibit Corporal Punishment Of Children
+
+The act prohibits a person employed by or volunteering in a public school, a state-licensed child care center, a family child care home, or a specialized group facility from imposing corporal punishment on a child. The act defines "corporal punishment" as the willful infliction of, or willfully causing the infliction of, physical pain on a child.
+
+## 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/2023a_hb1191_s_ed_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (03/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1191_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1191_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (02/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1191_01.pdf)
+5. **Reengrossed (03/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1191_ren.pdf)
+6. **Rerevised (03/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1191_rer.pdf)
+7. **Revised (03/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1191_rev.pdf)
+8. **Signed Act (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1191_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **32–3** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **48–16** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Regina English — primary (person)
+- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
+- **2023-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a37beab-b63a-417b-9edf-042bed4f6beb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+