republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1077.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Informed Consent To Intimate Patient Examinations"
description: "The act prohibits a licensed physician or physician assistant; licensed medical resident, intern, or fellow; licensed professional nurse; advanced practice registered nurse; registered direct-entry midwife; or medical, nursing, or direct-entry midwife student or trainee (licensee, student, or trainee) from performing, and prohibits a licensed health-care facility from permitting a licensee, student, or trainee to perform, an intimate examination on a sedated or unconscious patient unless the patient has given specific informed consent to an intimate examination. Additionally, a student or trainee may perform an intimate examination on a sedated or unconscious patient for educational or training purposes only if:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1077"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1077 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Jenny Willford", "Lorena Garcia", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-19T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e33b66b-bf41-44a7-98cf-d536c9ce5cbc"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1077"
source_hash: "53e37f91f09c1b7443620ec79b5bd55722da4336a5ae4420a672853def5efd1f"
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 23-1077 (2023A) — Informed Consent To Intimate Patient Examinations

The act prohibits a licensed physician or physician assistant; licensed medical resident, intern, or fellow; licensed professional nurse; advanced practice registered nurse; registered direct-entry midwife; or medical, nursing, or direct-entry midwife student or trainee (licensee, student, or trainee) from performing, and prohibits a licensed health-care facility from permitting a licensee, student, or trainee to perform, an intimate examination on a sedated or unconscious patient unless the patient has given specific informed consent to an intimate examination. Additionally, a student or trainee may perform an intimate examination on a sedated or unconscious patient for educational or training purposes only if:

## 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_hb1077_s_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1077_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1077_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1077_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1077_h_app_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/31/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1077_s_hhs_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1077_s_hhs_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (03/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1077_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1077_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1077_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1077_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **60–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Jenny Willford — primary (person)
- Lorena Garcia — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/17/2023 - No Amendments
- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e33b66b-bf41-44a7-98cf-d536c9ce5cbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).