---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Price Transparency"
description: "The act requires hospitals to make public and post each hospital's medicare reimbursement rates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-252"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-252 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Hartsook", "Julie Gonzales", "Kevin Van Winkle", "Lindsey Daugherty"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8b7daa4-81b7-45a2-9c48-09b7c3c67366"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-252"
source_hash: "578111e7d73e5f11399cb3b074bf4b6a4481b5cf52d2b0973b7bf6bc39ee2331"
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 23-252 (2023A) — Medical Price Transparency

The act requires hospitals to make public and post each hospital's medicare reimbursement rates.

## 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_sb252_h_pbh_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_252_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_252_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_252_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_252_s_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_252_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_252_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_252_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_252_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMEND — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **22–11** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **61–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anthony Hartsook — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8b7daa4-81b7-45a2-9c48-09b7c3c67366`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).