republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1178.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court Personnel And Domestic Violence Awareness"
description: "To comply with the federal \"Keeping Children Safe From Family Violence Act\" (federal act), the act requires courts that hear parental allocation proceedings involving domestic violence or child abuse, including child sexual abuse, to consider the admission of expert testimony and evidence if the expert demonstrates expertise and experience working with victims of domestic violence or child abuse. Courts are also required to consider evidence of past sexual or physical abuse committed by the accused party, any restraining orders against the accused party, arrests or convictions of the accused party, and any other documentation of abuse, such as letters to landlords to break leases or medical records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1178"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1178 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Meg Froelich"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b059d42c-f485-41ae-8eaa-b226252391d8"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1178"
source_hash: "ff4b5a437598847c7b042d43d22cd9097980dffc1a3ac1bebe38d6d734ca253a"
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 23-1178 (2023A) — Court Personnel And Domestic Violence Awareness

To comply with the federal "Keeping Children Safe From Family Violence Act" (federal act), the act requires courts that hear parental allocation proceedings involving domestic violence or child abuse, including child sexual abuse, to consider the admission of expert testimony and evidence if the expert demonstrates expertise and experience working with victims of domestic violence or child abuse. Courts are also required to consider evidence of past sexual or physical abuse committed by the accused party, any restraining orders against the accused party, arrests or convictions of the accused party, and any other documentation of abuse, such as letters to landlords to break leases or medical records.

## 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_hb1178_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1178_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1178_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1178_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1178_h_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1178_h_jud_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1178_s_jud_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1178_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1178_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1178_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1178_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **48–16** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **48–15** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **26–9** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **45–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Meg Froelich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+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
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `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`
- **2023-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2023-02-08T07:00:00+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/b059d42c-f485-41ae-8eaa-b226252391d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).