republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1151.md

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Bill	Clarifications To 48-hour Bond Hearing Requirement	Current law requires an individual who is in jail to be brought before a judge for a bond hearing within 48 hours of arriving at the jail. The act clarifies the circumstances when the 48-hour requirement does not apply when the individual is unable to attend court. When an arrestee is unable to attend court within the 48-hour requirement, the sheriff shall create a list of those individuals, the date of the individual's arrest, and the location where the individual is in custody. The sheriff shall document the length of the delay, the reason for the delay, and the efforts to abate a delay caused by an emergency. As soon as an emergency has sufficiently abated, the act requires the sheriff to make the in-custody arrestee available to appear.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	HB 23-1151	Colorado HB 23-1151 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Bob Gardner Robert Rodriguez Rod Bockenfeld Steven Woodrow	10	17	4	2023-01-31T07:00:00+00:00	2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/79aab5cb-e94c-4dc7-a138-ecca92682226	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1151	49f5bcce453dfcf3ca3aef5031a50b3736e0078bd45c9b8f8bc3560b720b56f7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 23-1151 (2023A) — Clarifications To 48-hour Bond Hearing Requirement

Current law requires an individual who is in jail to be brought before a judge for a bond hearing within 48 hours of arriving at the jail. The act clarifies the circumstances when the 48-hour requirement does not apply when the individual is unable to attend court. When an arrestee is unable to attend court within the 48-hour requirement, the sheriff shall create a list of those individuals, the date of the individual's arrest, and the location where the individual is in custody. The sheriff shall document the length of the delay, the reason for the delay, and the efforts to abate a delay caused by an emergency. As soon as an emergency has sufficiently abated, the act requires the sheriff to make the in-custody arrestee available to appear.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/21/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/13/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/31/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/17/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (03/21/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (02/22/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (03/24/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (03/23/2023) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (04/20/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 51–12 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 64–0 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 53–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bob Gardner — primary (person)
• Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
• Rod Bockenfeld — primary (person)
• Steven Woodrow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-20T06:00:00+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
• 2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2023-03-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2023-03-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 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 with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-21T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2023-02-15T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-01-31T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79aab5cb-e94c-4dc7-a138-ecca92682226. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).