republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1151.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifications To 48-hour Bond Hearing Requirement"
description: "Current law requires an individual who is in jail to be brought before a judge for a bond hearing within 48 hours of arriving at the jail. The act clarifies the circumstances when the 48-hour requirement does not apply when the individual is unable to attend court. When an arrestee is unable to attend court within the 48-hour requirement, the sheriff shall create a list of those individuals, the date of the individual's arrest, and the location where the individual is in custody. The sheriff shall document the length of the delay, the reason for the delay, and the efforts to abate a delay caused by an emergency. As soon as an emergency has sufficiently abated, the act requires the sheriff to make the in-custody arrestee available to appear."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1151"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1151 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Robert Rodriguez", "Rod Bockenfeld", "Steven Woodrow"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-31T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79aab5cb-e94c-4dc7-a138-ecca92682226"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1151"
source_hash: "49f5bcce453dfcf3ca3aef5031a50b3736e0078bd45c9b8f8bc3560b720b56f7"
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 23-1151 (2023A) — Clarifications To 48-hour Bond Hearing Requirement

Current law requires an individual who is in jail to be brought before a judge for a bond hearing within 48 hours of arriving at the jail. The act clarifies the circumstances when the 48-hour requirement does not apply when the individual is unable to attend court. When an arrestee is unable to attend court within the 48-hour requirement, the sheriff shall create a list of those individuals, the date of the individual's arrest, and the location where the individual is in custody. The sheriff shall document the length of the delay, the reason for the delay, and the efforts to abate a delay caused by an emergency. As soon as an emergency has sufficiently abated, the act requires the sheriff to make the in-custody arrestee available to appear.

## 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_hb1151_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1151_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1151_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/31/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1151_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1151_h_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1151_s_jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1151_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1151_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1151_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1151_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **51–12** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **53–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Rod Bockenfeld — primary (person)
- Steven Woodrow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+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
- **2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `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
- **2023-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T07:00:00+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/79aab5cb-e94c-4dc7-a138-ecca92682226`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).