republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-249.md

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Bill	False Reporting Of Emergency	The act adds that the false reporting of a mass shooting or active shooter in a public or private place or vehicle that transports people or property that causes the occupants of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation to be evacuated or to be issued a shelter-in-place order; causing any disruptions or impacts to regular activities; or resulting in the initiation of a standard response protocol is a class 6 felony.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	SB 23-249	Colorado SB 23-249 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Barbara McLachlan Gabe Evans Jeff Bridges Kevin Van Winkle	9	14	4	2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00	2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a6366cff-b07b-43d5-9c49-e3a9a3baac60	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-249	ccd49b0d6a447e368372972d5a2a1e6c451418065c4078f029c10a1a7e59abd6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 23-249 (2023A) — False Reporting Of Emergency

The act adds that the false reporting of a mass shooting or active shooter in a public or private place or vehicle that transports people or property that causes the occupants of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation to be evacuated or to be issued a shelter-in-place order; causing any disruptions or impacts to regular activities; or resulting in the initiation of a standard response protocol is a class 6 felony.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/12/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/07/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/24/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/28/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (04/13/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/01/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (04/29/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/07/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• REPASS — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 53–10 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
• Gabe Evans — primary (person)
• Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
• Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6366cff-b07b-43d5-9c49-e3a9a3baac60. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).