---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Record Sealing & Expungement Changes"
description: "Under current law, when a person is arrested in a case of mistaken identity, the arresting agency is required to petition the court for an expungement order. The act allows the defendant in a mistaken identity case to petition for an expungement order if the arresting agency does not file a petition within the prescribed timeframe. The defendant is not subject to any fees or costs associated with expunging the record."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1133"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1133 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Javier Mabrey", "Matt Soper", "Robert Rodriguez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-29T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e2575fe-36b8-4ff0-8cb9-1b4ab891e2b0"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1133"
source_hash: "a186c6fe394d35a54ba3f4717dd98d0171a39693cec35b2d6aef54072bdecd4b"
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 HB 24-1133 (2024A) — Criminal Record Sealing & Expungement Changes

Under current law, when a person is arrested in a case of mistaken identity, the arresting agency is required to petition the court for an expungement order. The act allows the defendant in a mistaken identity case to petition for an expungement order if the arresting agency does not file a petition within the prescribed timeframe. The defendant is not subject to any fees or costs associated with expunging the record.

## 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/2024a_hb1133_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1133_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/21/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1133_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1133_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1133_h_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1133_h_jud_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1133_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1133_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1133_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1133_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **61–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Javier Mabrey — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/5e2575fe-36b8-4ff0-8cb9-1b4ab891e2b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).