---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Competency To Proceed"
description: "The act addresses issues related to a determination of juvenile competency to proceed (competency) and restoration of competency (restoration). The act allows:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1012"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1012 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Amabile", "Robert Rodriguez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-16T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8bace3e-8ea3-432b-b9f3-a73e29f4bcb5"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1012"
source_hash: "0c9fce29ca7ba6dd0ee540a4b51db01294804c97c919569753960b31d58e6597"
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 23-1012 (2023A) — Juvenile Competency To Proceed

The act addresses issues related to a determination of juvenile competency to proceed (competency) and restoration of competency (restoration). The act allows:

## 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_hb1012_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1012_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1012_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1012_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1012_h_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1012_h_jud_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1012_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1012_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1012_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1012_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **22–11** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **52–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/e8bace3e-8ea3-432b-b9f3-a73e29f4bcb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).