---
type: "Bill"
title: "Penalty For Indecent Exposure In View Of Minors"
description: "The act makes indecent exposure a class 6 felony if committed when the person who commits indecent exposure knew there was a child under 15 years of age in view of the exposure and the person is more than 18 years of age and more than 4 years older than the child."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1135"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1135 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Jim Smallwood", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-31T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a33a24e-399c-4062-934c-e5e0f88df7a7"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1135"
source_hash: "4c4d919bd2d44a7b71647f970379b65d3797a74e3c9f3010015e0dc85b199639"
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 23-1135 (2023A) — Penalty For Indecent Exposure In View Of Minors

The act makes indecent exposure a class 6 felony if committed when the person who commits indecent exposure knew there was a child under 15 years of age in view of the exposure and the person is more than 18 years of age and more than 4 years older than the child.

## 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_hb1135_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1135_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1135_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/31/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1135_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1135_h_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1135_h_jud_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1135_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1135_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1135_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1135_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **37–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **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 Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T07:00:00+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/1a33a24e-399c-4062-934c-e5e0f88df7a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).