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type: "Bill"
title: "Move Over or Slow Down Stationary Vehicle"
description: "The act requires a motor vehicle driver to move to one lane apart from a stationary motor vehicle when the stationary motor vehicle has its hazard lights activated, 2 lanes move in the same direction, and the driver is able to move to the lane apart. If a driver cannot move to be one lane apart from the stationary motor vehicle, the driver must slow down and drive at a safe speed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1123"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1123 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janice Rich", "Jeff Bridges", "Mandy Lindsay", "Ron Weinberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-30T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/909d0aee-80b3-41df-bccd-750fc114aab8"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1123"
source_hash: "7f5ebf4a446dcd62cfe92c66d853a75f13589b4bd484f19e6d2d6387d05231eb"
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 23-1123 (2023A) — Move Over or Slow Down Stationary Vehicle
The act requires a motor vehicle driver to move to one lane apart from a stationary motor vehicle when the stationary motor vehicle has its hazard lights activated, 2 lanes move in the same direction, and the driver is able to move to the lane apart. If a driver cannot move to be one lane apart from the stationary motor vehicle, the driver must slow down and drive at a safe speed.
## 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_hb1123_s_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1123_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1123_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1123_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1123_h_thl_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1123_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1123_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1123_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1123_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **59–3** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Mandy Lindsay — primary (person)
- Ron Weinberg — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T07:00:00+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/909d0aee-80b3-41df-bccd-750fc114aab8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).