republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/sb-20-023.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Working Group On School Safety"
description: "The act creates the Colorado interagency working group on school safety. The working group consists of 14 voting members. The mission of the working group is to enhance school safety through the cost-effective use of public resources. The working group shall:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-023"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-023 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Julie Gonzales", "Kevin Van Winkle"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aa7278c-743b-49d3-8ae7-3fc1a0ce988a"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-023"
source_hash: "f6ea6981042fe95581e34344a68eb32d9ce3831b722a8d963463cd5ece0b7113"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado SB 20-023 (2020A) — Colorado Working Group On School Safety

The act creates the Colorado interagency working group on school safety. The working group consists of 14 voting members. The mission of the working group is to enhance school safety through the cost-effective use of public resources. The working group shall:

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_sb023_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_023_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_023_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_023_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_023sedu_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_023seduapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/28/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_023ed_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_023app_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (03/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_023_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (06/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_023_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (06/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_023_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (07/07/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_023_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPT — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- NOT CONCUR APPT CC — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CCR — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2020-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2020-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
- **2020-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7aa7278c-743b-49d3-8ae7-3fc1a0ce988a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).