---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Corporal Punishment Of Children"
description: "The act prohibits a person employed by or volunteering in a public school, a state-licensed child care center, a family child care home, or a specialized group facility from imposing corporal punishment on a child. The act defines \"corporal punishment\" as the willful infliction of, or willfully causing the infliction of, physical pain on a child."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1191"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1191 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina English", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a37beab-b63a-417b-9edf-042bed4f6beb"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1191"
source_hash: "dec7ec63076d2e1632cb9e4bbab5f9c62e063bafdb04c7ab2e5d0fb978e00cae"
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 23-1191 (2023A) — Prohibit Corporal Punishment Of Children

The act prohibits a person employed by or volunteering in a public school, a state-licensed child care center, a family child care home, or a specialized group facility from imposing corporal punishment on a child. The act defines "corporal punishment" as the willful infliction of, or willfully causing the infliction of, physical pain on a 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_hb1191_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1191_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1191_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1191_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1191_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1191_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1191_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1191_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **48–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Regina English — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2023-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a37beab-b63a-417b-9edf-042bed4f6beb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).