republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1278.md

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Bill	Virtual Marriage Or Civil Union License Procedures	Under current law, a county clerk and recorder may permit the parties to a proposed marriage or civil union to satisfy the requirement to appear before the county clerk and recorder by interactive audiovisual communication technology or online functionality for the purpose of satisfying certain requirements for a marriage license or civil union license. This authority repeals on December 31, 2023. The act extends the authority indefinitely.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	HB 23-1278	Colorado HB 23-1278 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Jennifer Parenti Julie Gonzales Kyle Brown	8	12	2	2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00	2023-06-01T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/52a0602b-f975-4fa0-92af-fca1ca97db69	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1278	bb3739ee8fd508e58b540ea21963261c721f1cefdc54c888429e56e6732ab6bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 23-1278 (2023A) — Virtual Marriage Or Civil Union License Procedures

Under current law, a county clerk and recorder may permit the parties to a proposed marriage or civil union to satisfy the requirement to appear before the county clerk and recorder by interactive audiovisual communication technology or online functionality for the purpose of satisfying certain requirements for a marriage license or civil union license. This authority repeals on December 31, 2023. The act extends the authority indefinitely.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/20/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/17/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/30/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (04/21/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (05/02/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (05/01/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (06/01/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 25–8 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 50–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jennifer Parenti — primary (person)
• Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
• Kyle Brown — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-01T06:00:00+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
• 2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
• 2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52a0602b-f975-4fa0-92af-fca1ca97db69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).