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type: "Bill"
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title: "Reduce Child And Incarcerated Parent Separation"
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description: "The act requires the department of human services to promulgate rules that facilitate communication and family time between children and their parents who are incarcerated."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2023A"
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identifier: "SB 23-039"
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citation: "Colorado SB 23-039 (2023A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Janet Buckner", "Judy Amabile"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe4fd17e-895d-4c29-9264-0f172dfa6a2c"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-039"
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source_hash: "a74c70c528dfde0ca7088c7e344836ac1d83e64130df7f36802c7f332b7972f5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado SB 23-039 (2023A) — Reduce Child And Incarcerated Parent Separation
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The act requires the department of human services to promulgate rules that facilitate communication and family time between children and their parents who are incarcerated.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_sb039_h_app_003.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_039_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_039_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_039_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (02/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_039_s_jud_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (03/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_039_s_jud_app_01.pdf)
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7. **PA3 (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_039_h_app_01.pdf)
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8. **Reengrossed (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_039_ren.pdf)
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9. **Rerevised (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_039_rer.pdf)
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10. **Revised (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_039_rev.pdf)
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11. **Signed Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_039_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **60–2** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **22–10** (pass) · upper
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- AMEND — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- REPASS — **25–9** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
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- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
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- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe4fd17e-895d-4c29-9264-0f172dfa6a2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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