republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-012.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial Motor Carrier Enforcement Safety Laws"
description: "The act changes the amount of civil penalties that may be levied on commercial motor carriers for failure to comply with rules for the safe operation of commercial vehicles by tying the amount of civil penalties to the amount of federal civil penalties for interstate commercial motor carriers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-012"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-012 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Marc Catlin", "Meg Froelich", "Nick Hinrichsen"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8173b183-5857-4baa-be6f-d48874abc460"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-012"
source_hash: "2bed14ddcc161a3ab2ec2a765a51b7a7937cea0c2c0e0d3cf428802a3cc09028"
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 SB 23-012 (2023A) — Commercial Motor Carrier Enforcement Safety Laws

The act changes the amount of civil penalties that may be levied on commercial motor carriers for failure to comply with rules for the safe operation of commercial vehicles by tying the amount of civil penalties to the amount of federal civil penalties for interstate commercial motor carriers.

## 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_sb012_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_012_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_012_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_012_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_012_s_tra_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (02/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_012_s_tra_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (03/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_012_h_thl_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_012_h_thl_app_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (02/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_012_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_012_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_012_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_012_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **56–6** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)
- Meg Froelich — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+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 Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`
- **2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8173b183-5857-4baa-be6f-d48874abc460`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).