republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1263.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Translating Individualized Education Programs"
description: "The act permits the multidisciplinary team that creates an individualized education program (IEP) for a child, who may be eligible for special education services, to translate or contract with a translation services provider to translate the IEP draft documents into the dominant language spoken in the home of the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian (parent). Upon request of the child's parent, the multidisciplinary team is required to translate or contract with a translation services provider to translate the final IEP document into the dominant language spoken in the home of the child's parent. The IEP team shall verbally inform the child's parent of the right to request translation services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1263"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1263 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Lorena Garcia", "Mary Young", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-26T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b97feaa-55cc-4975-acc0-d7109321b127"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1263"
source_hash: "617e223493e1022553c31bc3dd9dc7e4bf886e161fdf6a869b9362c80abb5c05"
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 23-1263 (2023A) — Translating Individualized Education Programs

The act permits the multidisciplinary team that creates an individualized education program (IEP) for a child, who may be eligible for special education services, to translate or contract with a translation services provider to translate the IEP draft documents into the dominant language spoken in the home of the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian (parent). Upon request of the child's parent, the multidisciplinary team is required to translate or contract with a translation services provider to translate the final IEP document into the dominant language spoken in the home of the child's parent. The IEP team shall verbally inform the child's parent of the right to request translation services.

## 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_hb1263_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1263_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1263_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1263_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1263_s_ed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1263_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1263_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1263_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1263_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Lorena Garcia — primary (person)
- Mary Young — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+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 Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b97feaa-55cc-4975-acc0-d7109321b127`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).