---
type: "Bill"
title: "Operations Of County Public Hospitals"
description: "The act makes the following changes regarding county public hospitals:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-068"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-068 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Meghan Lukens", "Rod Pelton", "Rose Pugliese", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ac26125-d47c-4346-a4c6-d8d14e2d727f"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-068"
source_hash: "aae11bd904825c24c8e1258f2e7a42872b8754fa799aef3df4e2219a2c9766fa"
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 23-068 (2023A) — Operations Of County Public Hospitals

The act makes the following changes regarding county public hospitals:

## 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_sb068_h_thl_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_068_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_068_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_068_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_068_s_lgh_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_068_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_068_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_068_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_068_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **58–3** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Meghan Lukens — primary (person)
- Rod Pelton — primary (person)
- Rose Pugliese — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `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`
- **2023-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ac26125-d47c-4346-a4c6-d8d14e2d727f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).