republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1268.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Private Treatment for Out-of-state Defendant"
description: "Colorado participates in an interstate compact that allows a person convicted of a crime in another state to have the person's probation or parole supervised in Colorado (supervised person) and allows a person convicted in another state who is not required to be supervised to complete the person's court-ordered treatment in Colorado (unsupervised person). The act clarifies the process for treating a supervised or unsupervised person into a private treatment program in Colorado for substance use treatment, sex offender management services, or domestic violence services (program). The act directs the program to assist supervised and unsupervised persons with registering with the interstate compact administrator. The department of corrections (department) is required to complete a criminal history records check of each supervised and unsupervised person to verify that the person is a supervised or unsupervised person. The act specifies requirements for programs when the participant is a supervised person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1268"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1268 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byron Pelton", "Dylan Roberts", "Gabe Evans", "Meghan Lukens"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/203a951e-7df3-4b61-9604-d760f188a698"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1268"
source_hash: "93cc8ac21c3d4cade76efcdc156d324459e1a948c932c282a266cd127de6c649"
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 23-1268 (2023A) — Private Treatment for Out-of-state Defendant

Colorado participates in an interstate compact that allows a person convicted of a crime in another state to have the person's probation or parole supervised in Colorado (supervised person) and allows a person convicted in another state who is not required to be supervised to complete the person's court-ordered treatment in Colorado (unsupervised person). The act clarifies the process for treating a supervised or unsupervised person into a private treatment program in Colorado for substance use treatment, sex offender management services, or domestic violence services (program). The act directs the program to assist supervised and unsupervised persons with registering with the interstate compact administrator. The department of corrections (department) is required to complete a criminal history records check of each supervised and unsupervised person to verify that the person is a supervised or unsupervised person. The act specifies requirements for programs when the participant is a supervised person.

## 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_hb1268_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1268_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1268_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1268_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1268_h_pbh_03.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1268_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1268_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1268_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1268_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **60–4** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Byron Pelton — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Gabe Evans — primary (person)
- Meghan Lukens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-20T06:00:00+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
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `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 - Committee
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/203a951e-7df3-4b61-9604-d760f188a698`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).