republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1255.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulating Local Housing Growth Restrictions"
description: "The act preempts any existing local governmental entity housing growth restriction that explicitly limits either the growth of the population in the local governmental entity's jurisdiction or the number of development permits or building permit applications for residential development or the residential component of any mixed use development submitted to, reviewed by, approved by, or issued by a governmental entity for any calendar or fiscal year and forbids the enactment or enforcement of any such future local housing growth restriction unless the governmental entity has experienced a disaster emergency, has developed or amended land use plans or land use laws covering residential development or the residential component of a mixed-use development, or is extending or acquiring public infrastructure, public services, or water resources. A governmental entity that experiences one of these events may implement a growth cap for up to 24 months in a 5-year period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1255"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1255 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Ruby Dickson", "William Lindstedt"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7ce2c3b-50f5-4c6f-8740-78a6d0555e59"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1255"
source_hash: "e41add1a0309a1e83a6616ffb00a3393a063b2914bcf857c1b641f2a7ac018c8"
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 23-1255 (2023A) — Regulating Local Housing Growth Restrictions

The act preempts any existing local governmental entity housing growth restriction that explicitly limits either the growth of the population in the local governmental entity's jurisdiction or the number of development permits or building permit applications for residential development or the residential component of any mixed use development submitted to, reviewed by, approved by, or issued by a governmental entity for any calendar or fiscal year and forbids the enactment or enforcement of any such future local housing growth restriction unless the governmental entity has experienced a disaster emergency, has developed or amended land use plans or land use laws covering residential development or the residential component of a mixed-use development, or is extending or acquiring public infrastructure, public services, or water resources. A governmental entity that experiences one of these events may implement a growth cap for up to 24 months in a 5-year period.

## 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_hb1255_s_lgh_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1255_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1255_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1255_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1255_h_thl_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1255_s_lgh_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1255_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1255_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1255_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1255_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **41–23** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **43–21** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **38–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Ruby Dickson — primary (person)
- William Lindstedt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing `introduction`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7ce2c3b-50f5-4c6f-8740-78a6d0555e59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).