republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1120.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eviction Protections For Residential Tenants"
description: "The act requires a landlord and residential tenant to participate in mandatory mediation prior to commencing an eviction action if the residential tenant receives supplemental security income, federal social security disability insurance, or cash assistance through the Colorado works program (collectively, \"cash assistance\"). The landlord and residential tenant do not have to participate in mediation if the residential tenant did not disclose or declined to disclose in writing to the landlord that the residential tenant receives cash assistance, the complainant is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that offers opportunities for mediation to residential tenants, or the complainant is a landlord with 5 or fewer single-family rental homes and no more than 5 total rental units. Failure to comply with mandatory mediation is an affirmative defense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1120"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1120 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Ortiz", "Faith Winter", "Junie Joseph", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/060d96ac-7fcc-4a54-b3d7-2dee72e3c4c6"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1120"
source_hash: "a3239e827262d4d98a43e889768b829ad2f85e075343b21b002b374089db4c06"
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 23-1120 (2023A) — Eviction Protections For Residential Tenants

The act requires a landlord and residential tenant to participate in mandatory mediation prior to commencing an eviction action if the residential tenant receives supplemental security income, federal social security disability insurance, or cash assistance through the Colorado works program (collectively, "cash assistance"). The landlord and residential tenant do not have to participate in mediation if the residential tenant did not disclose or declined to disclose in writing to the landlord that the residential tenant receives cash assistance, the complainant is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that offers opportunities for mediation to residential tenants, or the complainant is a landlord with 5 or fewer single-family rental homes and no more than 5 total rental units. Failure to comply with mandatory mediation is an affirmative defense.

## 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_hb1120_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1120_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1120_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1120_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1120_h_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1120_h_jud_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1120_s_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1120_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1120_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1120_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1120_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **44–20** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **47–16** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **45–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Ortiz — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Junie Joseph — 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`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing `introduction`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/060d96ac-7fcc-4a54-b3d7-2dee72e3c4c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).