---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Unregulated Child Custody Transfer Act"
description: "The act enacts the \"Uniform Unregulated Child Custody Transfer Act\" (act), drafted by the uniform law commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1157"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1157 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Junie Joseph", "Ron Weinberg", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-01T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a5c201f-016a-45ff-84e1-f9af7be9b0f0"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1157"
source_hash: "ed08a7fa416533f651846f5c362fbcc12ffed6caad4269e3f4b4e8c645ecec2a"
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 23-1157 (2023A) — Uniform Unregulated Child Custody Transfer Act

The act enacts the "Uniform Unregulated Child Custody Transfer Act" (act), drafted by the uniform law commission.

## 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_hb1157_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1157_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1157_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1157_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1157_h_jud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1157_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1157_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1157_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1157_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Junie Joseph — primary (person)
- Ron Weinberg — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T07:00:00+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/0a5c201f-016a-45ff-84e1-f9af7be9b0f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).