---
type: "Bill"
title: "Division Of Civil Protections And Rights In Department Of Law"
description: "The act establishes the division of civil protections and rights in the department of law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-247"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-247 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Matt Soper", "Said Sharbini"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de11c187-e7c9-421b-a9e9-a45400d76714"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-247"
source_hash: "e9b9ea8757b8346e08d2e8e0f735cde558e73ae2e48dd1aada619bb8ab3bcede"
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 23-247 (2023A) — Division Of Civil Protections And Rights In Department Of Law

The act establishes the division of civil protections and rights in the department of law.

## 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_sb247_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_247_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_247_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_247_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_247_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_247_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_247_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_247_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **30–5** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **49–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Said Sharbini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+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/de11c187-e7c9-421b-a9e9-a45400d76714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).