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type: "Bill"
title: "Enforce Laws Against Pharmacy Benefit Managers"
description: "Under current law, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are required to perform certain acts and are prohibited from engaging in certain acts. Specifically, PBMs are prohibited from:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1227"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1227 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Ortiz", "Iman Jodeh", "Perry Will", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-02T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cec97761-2b47-4b43-8654-c09a81eb59a8"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1227"
source_hash: "11c3e66532cb0c323050ee95006b7a0d9a4927e587042d6529f06336bf5b1182"
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 23-1227 (2023A) — Enforce Laws Against Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Under current law, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are required to perform certain acts and are prohibited from engaging in certain acts. Specifically, PBMs are prohibited from:
## 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_hb1227_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1227_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1227_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1227_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1227_h_hi_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1227_h_hi_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1227_s_hhs_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1227_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1227_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1227_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1227_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- CONCUR — **63–2** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **55–10** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **55–9** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **26–9** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David Ortiz — primary (person)
- Iman Jodeh — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-10T06:00:00+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
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `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
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cec97761-2b47-4b43-8654-c09a81eb59a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).