---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Courthouse Civil Arrest"
description: "The act protects an individual from civil arrest while the person is present at a courthouse or on its environs, or while going to, attending, or coming from a court proceeding. A judge or magistrate may issue a writ of protection to prohibit a civil arrest, but a writ of protection is not required for the protection to apply."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-083"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-083 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Leslie Herod"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c55470d4-dbbc-433e-a5dc-3ce5ba30b23f"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-083"
source_hash: "569f938f0ad4a61932b94dc29f0d710c4b2a898d47afb9ca11c14077b377d892"
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 20-083 (2020A) — Prohibit Courthouse Civil Arrest

The act protects an individual from civil arrest while the person is present at a courthouse or on its environs, or while going to, attending, or coming from a court proceeding. A judge or magistrate may issue a writ of protection to prohibit a civil arrest, but a writ of protection is not required for the protection to apply.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_sb083_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_083_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/17/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_083_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_083_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_083sjud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_083_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_083_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_083_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/23/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_083_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **30–35** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **29–35** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **19–13** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **30–35** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **32–33** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2020-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13T07:00:00+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/c55470d4-dbbc-433e-a5dc-3ce5ba30b23f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).