---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Access To Justice Commission"
description: "The act codifies the Colorado access to justice commission (commission). The governor, legislative leadership, supreme court of Colorado, and Colorado legal organizations appoint the 17- to 20-member commission, and the Colorado supreme court justice liaison, the executive director of Colorado legal services, the executive director of the legal aid foundation of Colorado, and a representative of the Colorado attorney general serve as ex officio nonvoting members of the commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1280"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1280 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Dylan Roberts", "Junie Joseph", "Matt Soper"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc5b5c19-8720-470e-a409-0a84fc930ff7"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1280"
source_hash: "7967897aa39bc38c33dd7d0674058445de5e1ef56131147d8d33f8d4c900828c"
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 23-1280 (2023A) — Colorado Access To Justice Commission

The act codifies the Colorado access to justice commission (commission). The governor, legislative leadership, supreme court of Colorado, and Colorado legal organizations appoint the 17- to 20-member commission, and the Colorado supreme court justice liaison, the executive director of Colorado legal services, the executive director of the legal aid foundation of Colorado, and a representative of the Colorado attorney general serve as ex officio nonvoting members of the commission.

## 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_hb1280_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1280_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1280_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1280_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1280_h_jud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1280_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1280_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1280_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1280_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Junie Joseph — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-02T06:00:00+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
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - 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
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+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/fc5b5c19-8720-470e-a409-0a84fc930ff7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).