republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1168.md

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Bill	Legal Representation And Students With Disabilities	Current law entitles a parent, guardian or legal custodian of, or entity with educational decision-making authority for (parent), a student with a disability, or a student who may be eligible for special education services, to file a state complaint in the event of a dispute with an administrative unit or a state-operated program (education provider). If the parent prevails in a state complaint decision, the education provider may file a due process complaint against the parent regarding the issues disputed in the state complaint.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	HB 23-1168	Colorado HB 23-1168 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Faith Winter Junie Joseph Said Sharbini	11	15	4	2023-02-02T07:00:00+00:00	2023-05-25T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/00c74907-c36f-4363-b525-80f2e7401c79	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1168	d44c49f2b1ea3d6e5e31155e0ee5daeade030cfbe07189e818bb805a335606d0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 23-1168 (2023A) — Legal Representation And Students With Disabilities

Current law entitles a parent, guardian or legal custodian of, or entity with educational decision-making authority for (parent), a student with a disability, or a student who may be eligible for special education services, to file a state complaint in the event of a dispute with an administrative unit or a state-operated program (education provider). If the parent prevails in a state complaint decision, the education provider may file a due process complaint against the parent regarding the issues disputed in the state complaint.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/11/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/05/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/02/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/24/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (03/11/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (03/21/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (03/13/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (04/10/2023) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (04/06/2023) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (05/25/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 52–8 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 32–3 (pass) · upper
• REPASS — 59–3 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 58–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Faith Winter — primary (person)
• Junie Joseph — primary (person)
• Said Sharbini — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-25T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2023-04-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education 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
• 2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-02-02T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/00c74907-c36f-4363-b525-80f2e7401c79. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).