republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1022.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Registration Of Vehicles In Rental Fleets"
description: "A license plate expires when the owner transfers or assigns the title or interest in the associated motor vehicle and that the owner cannot transfer such a license plate to another motor vehicle. The act exempts license plates issued to the operator of a motor vehicle fleet (fleet operator) that are easily legible and in good condition from such expiration and allows a fleet operator to transfer license plates from one fleet vehicle to another when the fleet operator transfers or assigns the owner's title or interest in the fleet vehicle from which the number plates are being transferred."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1022"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1022 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janice Rich", "Jeff Bridges", "Meg Froelich", "Ron Weinberg"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0953117-d4a6-4a0a-a07d-d1b245403ba5"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1022"
source_hash: "67f623452799a9b7bb7306601c66f53c2f1dae7aff7ff533e526d8e7320b3561"
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 HB 23-1022 (2023A) — Registration Of Vehicles In Rental Fleets

A license plate expires when the owner transfers or assigns the title or interest in the associated motor vehicle and that the owner cannot transfer such a license plate to another motor vehicle. The act exempts license plates issued to the operator of a motor vehicle fleet (fleet operator) that are easily legible and in good condition from such expiration and allows a fleet operator to transfer license plates from one fleet vehicle to another when the fleet operator transfers or assigns the owner's title or interest in the fleet vehicle from which the number plates are being transferred.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_hb1022_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1022_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1022_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1022_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1022_h_thl_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (02/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1022_h_thl_fin_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (03/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1022_h_thl_fin_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (03/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1022_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1022_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (03/31/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1022_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1022_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **62–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Meg Froelich — primary (person)
- Ron Weinberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+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
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2023-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0953117-d4a6-4a0a-a07d-d1b245403ba5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).