---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Gas Pipeline Safety"
description: "The act requires the public utilities commission's (commission) gas pipeline safety rules, on or before March 1, 2024, to address requirements for:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1216"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1216 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessie Danielson", "Meg Froelich", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03f07c72-6fa3-48d5-b098-22c0ce1ba731"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1216"
source_hash: "f7ea7664bac6e4d2f72e161f34170fe5d3428af4d300d0a2af270b184f10f09f"
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 23-1216 (2023A) — Natural Gas Pipeline Safety

The act requires the public utilities commission's (commission) gas pipeline safety rules, on or before March 1, 2024, to address requirements for:

## 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_hb1216_s_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1216_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1216_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1216_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1216_h_ene_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1216_s_tra_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1216_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1216_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1216_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1216_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **44–19** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **57–4** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **22–12** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- RECEDE — **43–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **39–22** (pass) · lower
- NOT CNCR — **42–20** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **38–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
- Meg Froelich — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Recede - Adhered or receded prior to CC
- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Committee Recessed
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03f07c72-6fa3-48d5-b098-22c0ce1ba731`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).