republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-088.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sentence Served Before Parole And Notify Victim"
description: "The act requires the Colorado commission on criminal and juvenile justice (commission) to report to the general assembly about its study of sentencing reform by June 30, 2023. The report must include a summary of the commission's work and an update on the status of the commission's and any task force's efforts to address clarity and certainty in the current criminal sentencing scheme regarding the amount of time that must be served on each sentence imposed by the court prior to a defendant's parole eligibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-088"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-088 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byron Pelton", "Matthew Martinez", "Rhonda Fields", "Ty Winter"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cd63c97-1fd5-4966-944b-95f242210da6"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-088"
source_hash: "5b872009d129718443ef8022ceec63cd59a28ba8071eec5a5bf83a33e22822ee"
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 23-088 (2023A) — Sentence Served Before Parole And Notify Victim

The act requires the Colorado commission on criminal and juvenile justice (commission) to report to the general assembly about its study of sentencing reform by June 30, 2023. The report must include a summary of the commission's work and an update on the status of the commission's and any task force's efforts to address clarity and certainty in the current criminal sentencing scheme regarding the amount of time that must be served on each sentence imposed by the court prior to a defendant's parole eligibility.

## 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_sb088_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_088_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_088_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_088_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_088_s_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_088_h_jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_088_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_088_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_088_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_088_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- NOT CONCUR APPT CC — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CCR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT — **45–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **45–0** (pass) · lower
- BYD SCP — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Byron Pelton — primary (person)
- Matthew Martinez — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Ty Winter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **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/1cd63c97-1fd5-4966-944b-95f242210da6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).