---
type: "Bill"
title: "Illegal Drug Laboratory Property And Certification"
description: "The act requires the department of public health and environment (department) to create a public database of buildings that have been used as illegal drug laboratories involving methamphetamine. The department must remove a building from the database 5 years after the property has been decontaminated. The database must notify the public as to whether the property has been decontaminated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-148"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-148 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Cutter", "Mandy Lindsay"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c780d7a1-56c8-4193-9c7f-66550773b36b"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-148"
source_hash: "d1e1463182ce834e6522316aed8eb1600494f51a6658dc71d94d2294e529b551"
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 23-148 (2023A) — Illegal Drug Laboratory Property And Certification

The act requires the department of public health and environment (department) to create a public database of buildings that have been used as illegal drug laboratories involving methamphetamine. The department must remove a building from the database 5 years after the property has been decontaminated. The database must notify the public as to whether the property has been decontaminated.

## 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_sb148_h_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_148_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_148_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_148_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_148_s_lgh_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_148_s_lgh_fin_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_148_s_app_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_148_h_thl_01.pdf)
9. **PA5 (05/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_148_h_thl_app_01.pdf)
10. **Reengrossed (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_148_ren.pdf)
11. **Rerevised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_148_rer.pdf)
12. **Revised (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_148_rev.pdf)
13. **Signed Act (06/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_148_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **48–17** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **23–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Mandy Lindsay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **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`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10T07:00:00+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/c780d7a1-56c8-4193-9c7f-66550773b36b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).