republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1004.md

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Bill	Language Access In Insurance Documents	Current law allows insurance policies to be translated to and issued in a language other than English if the insurer certifies that the English-language policy that is translated complies with state insurance laws. Section 1 of the act requires the insurer to also certify that the policy has been correctly translated by a certified translator or, if a certified translator is not available to translate the policy to the particular language, by a qualified translator who certifies that the translation is correct.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	HB 23-1004	Colorado HB 23-1004 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Elizabeth Velasco Julie Gonzales	10	21	4	2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00	2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1090ff84-9f0f-4e6b-936c-2477b3d4bd96	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1004	7f459300a3c08a1d988d2ce73bfad9950a23331ca9e733b3d03ffa20b949ed2d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 23-1004 (2023A) — Language Access In Insurance Documents

Current law allows insurance policies to be translated to and issued in a language other than English if the insurer certifies that the English-language policy that is translated complies with state insurance laws. Section 1 of the act requires the insurer to also certify that the policy has been correctly translated by a certified translator or, if a certified translator is not available to translate the policy to the particular language, by a qualified translator who certifies that the translation is correct.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (01/30/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/03/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/09/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (01/27/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (03/03/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (01/31/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (03/09/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (03/07/2023) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (04/11/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 49–14 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 43–17 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 43–17 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 23–11 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elizabeth Velasco — primary (person)
• Julie Gonzales — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2023-03-15T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2023-03-14T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2023-03-11T07:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-08T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-03-07T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2023-03-02T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-01-31T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology introduction
• 2023-01-31T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-01-30T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2023-01-25T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1090ff84-9f0f-4e6b-936c-2477b3d4bd96. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).