republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-067.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Participant Facilitated Recidivism Reduction Program"
description: "The act requires the department of corrections (department) to contract with a third-party organization to assign an employee of the organization (program developer) to develop and study strategies for implementing a pre-release and reentry program (program) at the Sterling correctional facility (facility). The program must be designed in consultation with the facility's residents and provide program participants with resources to support their rehabilitation and to reduce recidivism. The act requires the department to allow the program developer to work in the facility with residents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-067"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-067 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Coleman", "Jennifer Bacon", "Richard Holtorf"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65f71c32-fdff-4961-b71b-f58f69fbd983"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-067"
source_hash: "753e69c2f4c2d3593ddffdd4c42f333bf4f90eed446db940370442f9ee51bcd7"
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 23-067 (2023A) — Participant Facilitated Recidivism Reduction Program

The act requires the department of corrections (department) to contract with a third-party organization to assign an employee of the organization (program developer) to develop and study strategies for implementing a pre-release and reentry program (program) at the Sterling correctional facility (facility). The program must be designed in consultation with the facility's residents and provide program participants with resources to support their rehabilitation and to reduce recidivism. The act requires the department to allow the program developer to work in the facility with residents.

## 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_sb067_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_067_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_067_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_067_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_067_s_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_067_s_jud_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_067_h_jud_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_067_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_067_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_067_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_067_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **22–10** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **26–9** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **50–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
- Richard Holtorf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+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
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `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 `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 Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
- **2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65f71c32-fdff-4961-b71b-f58f69fbd983`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).