---
type: "Bill"
title: "Access To Government Records"
description: "The act makes the following changes to the \"Colorado Open Records Act\" (CORA):"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-286"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-286 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Hansen", "Marc Snyder", "Matt Soper"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 17
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fff056c5-6eaa-41f2-9b2d-f0620a318e98"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-286"
source_hash: "2777dbce480eb0e1a601ec12142895718c2deb07c0c402fa0b920affa8e37e95"
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 23-286 (2023A) — Access To Government Records

The act makes the following changes to the "Colorado Open Records Act" (CORA):

## 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_sb286_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_286_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_286_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_286_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_286_s_sa_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_286_s_sa_02.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_286_h_sa_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_286_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_286_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_286_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_286_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **60–3** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **11–19** (fail) · upper
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Marc Snyder — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06T06:00:00+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
- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+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/fff056c5-6eaa-41f2-9b2d-f0620a318e98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).