---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environmental Standards For Appliances"
description: "Current law establishes water and energy efficiency standards (standards) for certain appliances and fixtures sold in Colorado. Sections 1 through 7 of the act expand the appliances and fixtures that are subject to the standards and update the standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1161"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1161 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cathy Kipp", "Faith Winter", "Jenny Willford", "Lisa Cutter"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-01T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-01T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f84475a-dedc-4c33-9763-03731a3d03b8"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1161"
source_hash: "44b4ffb3dfd096a8657c7203ddda144a5b83a9716cd319033b7eb46b84d5de75"
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 23-1161 (2023A) — Environmental Standards For Appliances

Current law establishes water and energy efficiency standards (standards) for certain appliances and fixtures sold in Colorado. Sections 1 through 7 of the act expand the appliances and fixtures that are subject to the standards and update the standards.

## 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_hb1161_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1161_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1161_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1161_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1161_h_ene_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1161_h_ene_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1161_s_tra_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1161_s_app_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1161_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1161_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1161_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (06/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1161_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **45–18** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Jenny Willford — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2023-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f84475a-dedc-4c33-9763-03731a3d03b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).