---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing Minimum Age To Purchase Firearms"
description: "Current law allows a person who is 18 years of age or older to knowingly possess or purchase a firearm. The act increases the age to legally purchase a firearm to 21 years of age or older."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-169"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-169 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliza Hamrick", "Jessie Danielson", "Kyle Mullica", "Monica Duran"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bfae1cb-931c-45b9-9cc6-fd817417f8ae"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-169"
source_hash: "6f826e76cd35991e36e0cab6fd969dea304ff939c9a64409c37f030f058f4a26"
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 23-169 (2023A) — Increasing Minimum Age To Purchase Firearms

Current law allows a person who is 18 years of age or older to knowingly possess or purchase a firearm. The act increases the age to legally purchase a firearm to 21 years of age or older.

## 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_sb169_h_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_169_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_169_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_169_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_169_s_sa_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_169_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_169_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_169_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_169_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **17–18** (fail) · upper
- COW * — **17–18** (fail) · upper
- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REFER — **14–21** (fail) · upper
- REPASS — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **17–18** (fail) · upper
- COW * — **17–18** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eliza Hamrick — primary (person)
- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bfae1cb-931c-45b9-9cc6-fd817417f8ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).