republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1133.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cost Of Phone Calls For Persons In Custody"
description: "The act clarifies that the department of corrections (DOC) shall provide voice penal communications services, and may supplement these services with other communication services, including video calls or electronic mail or messaging, (penal communication services) to persons in DOC custody in a correctional facility or private prison in the state. In administering the penal communications services, the DOC is prohibited from receiving any revenue, including commissions or fees, and the penal communications services, excluding video calls or electronic mail or messaging, must be free of charge to the person initiating and the person receiving the call."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1133"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1133 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Amabile", "Julie Gonzales", "Mandy Lindsay", "Robert Rodriguez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-30T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c82b97d-c8c8-4ad7-a995-57cb674cd5b5"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1133"
source_hash: "9b44e03c8f6f02174453f1910d778e4c9c88ea5d3772cfc9973b9fef2b743590"
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 23-1133 (2023A) — Cost Of Phone Calls For Persons In Custody

The act clarifies that the department of corrections (DOC) shall provide voice penal communications services, and may supplement these services with other communication services, including video calls or electronic mail or messaging, (penal communication services) to persons in DOC custody in a correctional facility or private prison in the state. In administering the penal communications services, the DOC is prohibited from receiving any revenue, including commissions or fees, and the penal communications services, excluding video calls or electronic mail or messaging, must be free of charge to the person initiating and the person receiving the call.

## 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_hb1133_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1133_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1133_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1133_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1133_h_app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1133_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1133_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1133_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1133_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **41–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Mandy Lindsay — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-07T06:00:00+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
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T07:00:00+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/3c82b97d-c8c8-4ad7-a995-57cb674cd5b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).