---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create Task Force Study Rights Persons Disabilities"
description: "The act creates the task force on the rights of Coloradans with disabilities (task force) in the Colorado civil rights commission. The task force shall create a minimum of 4 subcommittees to study and make recommendations on specific issues related to persons with disabilities:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1296"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1296 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Ortiz", "Faith Winter", "Leslie Herod"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/993caeb8-1af8-4d04-878a-87e61af5e748"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1296"
source_hash: "762331ae27b2607dc6e29c48b6e47682f13967967beef443953db4730a52ac9f"
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 23-1296 (2023A) — Create Task Force Study Rights Persons Disabilities

The act creates the task force on the rights of Coloradans with disabilities (task force) in the Colorado civil rights commission. The task force shall create a minimum of 4 subcommittees to study and make recommendations on specific issues related to persons with disabilities:

## 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_hb1296_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1296_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1296_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1296_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1296_h_app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1296_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1296_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1296_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1296_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **48–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Ortiz — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/993caeb8-1af8-4d04-878a-87e61af5e748`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).