---
type: "Bill"
title: "Missing And Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office"
description: "The act requires the office of liaison for missing and murdered Indigenous relatives (office) in the department of public safety (department) to:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-054"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-054 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth Velasco", "Jessie Danielson", "Lorena Garcia"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0aa6fda-4aba-4af4-8b8e-778dae94fd0d"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-054"
source_hash: "39c090062dd3eaad8ffabbcf3680f73a7c4a3caf1d5651adbc99b95970706d87"
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 23-054 (2023A) — Missing And Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office

The act requires the office of liaison for missing and murdered Indigenous relatives (office) in the department of public safety (department) to:

## 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_sb054_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_054_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_054_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_054_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_054_s_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_054_s_jud_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_054_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_054_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_054_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_054_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **22–10** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **61–3** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **25–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth Velasco — primary (person)
- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
- Lorena Garcia — 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 Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
- **2023-01-17T07:00:00+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/e0aa6fda-4aba-4af4-8b8e-778dae94fd0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).