republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-078.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Manufacturer Pay Dealer Motor Vehicle Warranty"
description: "Before passage of the act, Colorado law required a motor vehicle or a powersports vehicle manufacturer (manufacturer) to timely compensate a motor vehicle or a powersports vehicle dealer (dealer) for warranty repairs based on the dealer's typical charges for parts and labor if these charges were reasonably consistent with the law governing the setting of these charges. The act repeals the condition that the charges must be reasonably consistent with this law, requiring the manufacturer to pay the charges even if there is a dispute as to the charges. The law governing the setting of these charges is not repealed, so the charges must continue to comply with the law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-078"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-078 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Iman Jodeh", "Kevin Van Winkle", "Mike Lynch", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/386d6ea4-26dc-400d-9436-37039afce02f"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-078"
source_hash: "684801b2fa9ccadeeec56419881d79d6b172b6f1454b7e23852a82aab792ca30"
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 23-078 (2023A) — Manufacturer Pay Dealer Motor Vehicle Warranty

Before passage of the act, Colorado law required a motor vehicle or a powersports vehicle manufacturer (manufacturer) to timely compensate a motor vehicle or a powersports vehicle dealer (dealer) for warranty repairs based on the dealer's typical charges for parts and labor if these charges were reasonably consistent with the law governing the setting of these charges. The act repeals the condition that the charges must be reasonably consistent with this law, requiring the manufacturer to pay the charges even if there is a dispute as to the charges. The law governing the setting of these charges is not repealed, so the charges must continue to comply with the law.

## 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_sb078_h_bus_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_078_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_078_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_078_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_078_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_078_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_078_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_078_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **59–5** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Iman Jodeh — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Mike Lynch — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2023-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/27/2023 - 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 Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/386d6ea4-26dc-400d-9436-37039afce02f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).