republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-254.md

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Bill	Search Warrant Procedures	Under current law, a court may only grant a no-knock search warrant under certain circumstances. The act adds a requirement that there is either probable cause for an arrest of a suspect or no-knock entry is necessary because of a credible threat to the life of any person including the executing officers.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	SB 23-254	Colorado SB 23-254 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Elisabeth Epps Julie Gonzales Mike Weissman Rhonda Fields	8	12	4	2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00	2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/8461d4cb-1f40-48e4-b122-541acb8e01f3	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-254	d172f93baefea896018247237791a20ce0e2ec259487adedb4872093e3c6f40d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 23-254 (2023A) — Search Warrant Procedures

Under current law, a court may only grant a no-knock search warrant under certain circumstances. The act adds a requirement that there is either probable cause for an arrest of a suspect or no-knock entry is necessary because of a credible threat to the life of any person including the executing officers.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/14/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/07/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/27/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (04/17/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (05/02/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (05/01/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (06/06/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 42–23 (pass) · lower
• COW * — 9–21 (fail) · upper
• BILL — 27–7 (pass) · upper
• AMEND — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elisabeth Epps — primary (person)
• Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
• Mike Weissman — primary (person)
• Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-06T06:00:00+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 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-2
• 2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8461d4cb-1f40-48e4-b122-541acb8e01f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).