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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Procedures For Expulsion Hearing Officers"
+description: "The act clarifies the school expulsion hearing (hearing) process, including the following:"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2023A"
+identifier: "HB 23-1291"
+citation: "Colorado HB 23-1291 (2023A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Junie Joseph", "Rhonda Fields", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-06-01T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/054a9eb3-91c5-4b58-aea0-303bc187c999"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1291"
+source_hash: "c3ef0ca69ee2c7575cef5fe308ea50afa58381923c8a8dc208c2d8b64f7ce1d7"
+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 23-1291 (2023A) — Procedures For Expulsion Hearing Officers
+
+The act clarifies the school expulsion hearing (hearing) process, including the following:
+
+## 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_hb1291_s_app_002.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1291_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1291_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (04/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1291_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1291_h_ed_01.pdf)
+6. **PA2 (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1291_h_ed_app_01.pdf)
+7. **Reengrossed (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1291_ren.pdf)
+8. **Rerevised (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1291_rer.pdf)
+9. **Revised (05/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1291_rev.pdf)
+10. **Signed Act (06/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1291_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **44–19** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Faith Winter — primary (person)
+- Junie Joseph — primary (person)
+- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
+- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
+- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
+- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+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/054a9eb3-91c5-4b58-aea0-303bc187c999`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+