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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Unlawfully Aiming Laser Device At Aircraft"
+description: "The act creates the offense of unlawfully aiming a laser device at an aircraft (offense), which is a class 6 felony. A person commits the offense when the person knowingly points, focuses, or aims a laser device at an aircraft while the aircraft is occupied and the incident is reported to law enforcement by the pilot or crew member of the impacted aircraft."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2023A"
+identifier: "SB 23-095"
+citation: "Colorado SB 23-095 (2023A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Joann Ginal", "Lindsey Daugherty", "Matt Soper"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-01-30T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c694810-0b7c-4c8e-8609-61aa7e3973c1"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-095"
+source_hash: "2955a29dedb92c7ea65876c76cd15ab1dd16a666cadd7b666c8322b83f63d0ea"
+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 23-095 (2023A) — Unlawfully Aiming Laser Device At Aircraft
+
+The act creates the offense of unlawfully aiming a laser device at an aircraft (offense), which is a class 6 felony. A person commits the offense when the person knowingly points, focuses, or aims a laser device at an aircraft while the aircraft is occupied and the incident is reported to law enforcement by the pilot or crew member of the impacted aircraft.
+
+## 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_sb095_h_jud_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (02/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_095_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (03/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_095_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (01/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_095_01.pdf)
+5. **Reengrossed (02/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_095_ren.pdf)
+6. **Rerevised (03/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_095_rer.pdf)
+7. **Revised (03/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_095_rev.pdf)
+8. **Signed Act (03/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_095_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **59–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
+- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
+- Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)
+- Matt Soper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
+- **2023-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
+- **2023-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2023-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c694810-0b7c-4c8e-8609-61aa7e3973c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+