republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-069.md

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Bill	Requirements To Operate A Motorboat	Current law requires an operator of a motorboat in the state to be at least 16 years of age but allows an individual who is at least 14 years of age and who has completed a motorboat safety course to operate a motorboat in the state. The act increases this age requirement to require all individuals under 18 years of age to take a boating safety course and to have a certificate of completion from that course in the individual's possession or in an accessible place in order to operate a motorboat. The act provides an exception to the age requirement for the operation of motorboats on bodies of water located on private property.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	SB 23-069	Colorado SB 23-069 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Barbara McLachlan Matt Soper Nick Hinrichsen Perry Will	10	18	2	2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00	2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d9e0004b-4a9c-4efb-bd52-1b74f5dd3a68	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-069	661051713f559108f202feec099b53bb72b58c2ebb60e4d9f0e4b6f6bf78f7e9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 23-069 (2023A) — Requirements To Operate A Motorboat

Current law requires an operator of a motorboat in the state to be at least 16 years of age but allows an individual who is at least 14 years of age and who has completed a motorboat safety course to operate a motorboat in the state. The act increases this age requirement to require all individuals under 18 years of age to take a boating safety course and to have a certificate of completion from that course in the individual's possession or in an accessible place in order to operate a motorboat. The act provides an exception to the age requirement for the operation of motorboats on bodies of water located on private property.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/23/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/27/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/27/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/14/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (03/07/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (03/27/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (04/18/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (04/17/2023) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (05/04/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 54–8 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 25–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
• Matt Soper — primary (person)
• Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)
• Perry Will — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government introduction
• 2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2023-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-03-07T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Finance Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
• 2023-02-13T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Finance referral-committee
• 2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9e0004b-4a9c-4efb-bd52-1b74f5dd3a68. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).