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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Search Warrant Procedures"
+description: "Under current law, a court may only grant a no-knock search warrant under certain circumstances. The act adds a requirement that there is either probable cause for an arrest of a suspect or no-knock entry is necessary because of a credible threat to the life of any person including the executing officers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2023A"
+identifier: "SB 23-254"
+citation: "Colorado SB 23-254 (2023A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Elisabeth Epps", "Julie Gonzales", "Mike Weissman", "Rhonda Fields"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8461d4cb-1f40-48e4-b122-541acb8e01f3"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-254"
+source_hash: "d172f93baefea896018247237791a20ce0e2ec259487adedb4872093e3c6f40d"
+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 23-254 (2023A) — Search Warrant Procedures
+
+Under current law, a court may only grant a no-knock search warrant under certain circumstances. The act adds a requirement that there is either probable cause for an arrest of a suspect or no-knock entry is necessary because of a credible threat to the life of any person including the executing officers.
+
+## 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_sb254_h_jud_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_254_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_254_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (03/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_254_01.pdf)
+5. **Reengrossed (04/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_254_ren.pdf)
+6. **Rerevised (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_254_rer.pdf)
+7. **Revised (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_254_rev.pdf)
+8. **Signed Act (06/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_254_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **42–23** (pass) · lower
+- COW * — **9–21** (fail) · upper
+- BILL — **27–7** (pass) · upper
+- AMEND — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Elisabeth Epps — primary (person)
+- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
+- Mike Weissman — primary (person)
+- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-27T06:00:00+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/8461d4cb-1f40-48e4-b122-541acb8e01f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+