---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remote Public Access To Criminal Court Proceedings"
description: "The act requires all courts in Colorado to provide remote access for the public to observe any criminal court proceeding conducted in open court, unless:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1182"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1182 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Elisabeth Epps", "Javier Mabrey", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45037279-80fc-4846-a701-e0bed4c93ccd"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1182"
source_hash: "10a6603b74011d0c3caeb8eec7fe5c5e38386c6bc5ada827a73b5b56ac12e1a4"
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 23-1182 (2023A) — Remote Public Access To Criminal Court Proceedings

The act requires all courts in Colorado to provide remote access for the public to observe any criminal court proceeding conducted in open court, unless:

## 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_hb1182_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1182_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1182_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1182_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1182_h_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1182_s_jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1182_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1182_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1182_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1182_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **57–8** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **60–5** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Elisabeth Epps — primary (person)
- Javier Mabrey — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **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, Floor
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T07:00:00+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/45037279-80fc-4846-a701-e0bed4c93ccd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).