republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-053.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restrict Governmental Nondisclosure Agreements"
description: "The act prohibits the state, counties, cities and counties, municipalities, school districts, and any of their departments, institutions, or agencies (public employers) from making it a condition of employment that an applicant for employment or current or past employee (employee) executes a contract or other form of agreement that prohibits, prevents, or otherwise restricts the employee from disclosing factual circumstances concerning the employee's employment with the public employer (nondisclosure agreement) unless the nondisclosure agreement is necessary to prevent disclosure of:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-053"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-053 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Gabe Evans", "Robert Rodriguez", "Steven Woodrow"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d843a928-2c6b-41aa-bb1c-ee3ec35eb952"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-053"
source_hash: "3e696816f388ea7edfc593613871535d09f6815842d1f6b16cf773033ef503fe"
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 23-053 (2023A) — Restrict Governmental Nondisclosure Agreements

The act prohibits the state, counties, cities and counties, municipalities, school districts, and any of their departments, institutions, or agencies (public employers) from making it a condition of employment that an applicant for employment or current or past employee (employee) executes a contract or other form of agreement that prohibits, prevents, or otherwise restricts the employee from disclosing factual circumstances concerning the employee's employment with the public employer (nondisclosure agreement) unless the nondisclosure agreement is necessary to prevent disclosure of:

## 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_sb053_h_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_053_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_053_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_053_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_053_s_sa_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_053_h_sa_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_053_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_053_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_053_rv2.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_053_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PERM — **57–6** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Gabe Evans — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Steven Woodrow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **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 State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/21/2023 - No Amendments
- **2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/17/2023 - No Amendments
- **2023-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/10/2023 - No Amendments
- **2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/03/2023 - No Amendments
- **2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2023-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d843a928-2c6b-41aa-bb1c-ee3ec35eb952`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).