republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1133.md

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Bill	Cost Of Phone Calls For Persons In Custody	The act clarifies that the department of corrections (DOC) shall provide voice penal communications services, and may supplement these services with other communication services, including video calls or electronic mail or messaging, (penal communication services) to persons in DOC custody in a correctional facility or private prison in the state. In administering the penal communications services, the DOC is prohibited from receiving any revenue, including commissions or fees, and the penal communications services, excluding video calls or electronic mail or messaging, must be free of charge to the person initiating and the person receiving the call.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	HB 23-1133	Colorado HB 23-1133 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Judy Amabile Julie Gonzales Mandy Lindsay Robert Rodriguez	9	15	2	2023-01-30T07:00:00+00:00	2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3c82b97d-c8c8-4ad7-a995-57cb674cd5b5	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1133	9b44e03c8f6f02174453f1910d778e4c9c88ea5d3772cfc9973b9fef2b743590	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 23-1133 (2023A) — Cost Of Phone Calls For Persons In Custody

The act clarifies that the department of corrections (DOC) shall provide voice penal communications services, and may supplement these services with other communication services, including video calls or electronic mail or messaging, (penal communication services) to persons in DOC custody in a correctional facility or private prison in the state. In administering the penal communications services, the DOC is prohibited from receiving any revenue, including commissions or fees, and the penal communications services, excluding video calls or electronic mail or messaging, must be free of charge to the person initiating and the person receiving the call.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/20/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/17/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/30/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/18/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (04/21/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/03/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (05/02/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/07/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 41–19 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 23–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Judy Amabile — primary (person)
• Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
• Mandy Lindsay — primary (person)
• Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-02-21T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-01-30T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c82b97d-c8c8-4ad7-a995-57cb674cd5b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).