---
type: "Bill"
title: "Individual Access To Publicly Funded Vaccines"
description: "The act allows a physician, a physician assistant, an advanced practice registered nurse, or any other person who is authorized by law to administer a vaccine (practitioner) to ask an individual who seeks to receive a publicly funded vaccine to present proof of health insurance or other form of identification, but a practitioner is prohibited from conditioning the receipt of the vaccine on the individual's presentation of the documentation or ability to pay an administration fee. The act requires practitioners to post a notice and provide to individuals seeking a publicly funded vaccine a disclosure statement indicating that the publicly funded vaccine will be provided regardless of the individual's presentation of the requested documentation or ability to pay an administration fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-260"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-260 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Jenny Willford", "Kyle Mullica", "Mandy Lindsay"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/666ab427-abaf-45f7-a6ef-423c1b0b193a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-260"
source_hash: "4c261aff9d2b1072210f982dbd408833a1726b95e11181022ed8e9104a9162ae"
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 23-260 (2023A) — Individual Access To Publicly Funded Vaccines

The act allows a physician, a physician assistant, an advanced practice registered nurse, or any other person who is authorized by law to administer a vaccine (practitioner) to ask an individual who seeks to receive a publicly funded vaccine to present proof of health insurance or other form of identification, but a practitioner is prohibited from conditioning the receipt of the vaccine on the individual's presentation of the documentation or ability to pay an administration fee. The act requires practitioners to post a notice and provide to individuals seeking a publicly funded vaccine a disclosure statement indicating that the publicly funded vaccine will be provided regardless of the individual's presentation of the requested documentation or ability to pay an administration fee.

## 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_sb260_h_pbh_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_260_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_260_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/31/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_260_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_260_s_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_260_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_260_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_260_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_260_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **44–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **25–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Jenny Willford — primary (person)
- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
- Mandy Lindsay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/666ab427-abaf-45f7-a6ef-423c1b0b193a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).