---
type: "Bill"
title: "Penalty For Commercial Vehicle Offenses"
description: "In 2021, Senate Bill 21-271 adjusted misdemeanor penalties for a variety of offenses described in the Colorado Revised Statutes, including the penalty for certain offenses involving the operation of a commercial motor vehicle. This penalty was changed from a misdemeanor to a class A traffic infraction. However, despite making this change, Senate Bill 21-271 retained certain language that describes the punishment for the former misdemeanor offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-028"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-028 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elisabeth Epps", "Julie Gonzales", "Matt Soper"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d6b0629-082a-4dd0-b848-b8ec8844ba4f"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-028"
source_hash: "3b811ee1a4fec42e32471047ec539e0c2411a11fcd065674c5966e8930f75c8c"
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 SB 23-028 (2023A) — Penalty For Commercial Vehicle Offenses

In 2021, Senate Bill 21-271 adjusted misdemeanor penalties for a variety of offenses described in the Colorado Revised Statutes, including the penalty for certain offenses involving the operation of a commercial motor vehicle. This penalty was changed from a misdemeanor to a class A traffic infraction. However, despite making this change, Senate Bill 21-271 retained certain language that describes the punishment for the former misdemeanor offense.

## 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_sb028_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_028_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_028_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_028_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_028_s_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_028_h_jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_028_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_028_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_028_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_028_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **59–5** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **57–8** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CCR — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- NOT CONCUR APPT CC — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT — **57–8** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **29–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elisabeth Epps — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Committee Recessed
- **2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2023-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/4d6b0629-082a-4dd0-b848-b8ec8844ba4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).