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type: "Bill"
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title: "Unlawfully Aiming Laser Device At Aircraft"
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description: "The act creates the offense of unlawfully aiming a laser device at an aircraft (offense), which is a class 6 felony. A person commits the offense when the person knowingly points, focuses, or aims a laser device at an aircraft while the aircraft is occupied and the incident is reported to law enforcement by the pilot or crew member of the impacted aircraft."
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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 23-095"
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citation: "Colorado SB 23-095 (2023A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Joann Ginal", "Lindsey Daugherty", "Matt Soper"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-01-30T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c694810-0b7c-4c8e-8609-61aa7e3973c1"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-095"
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source_hash: "2955a29dedb92c7ea65876c76cd15ab1dd16a666cadd7b666c8322b83f63d0ea"
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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 23-095 (2023A) — Unlawfully Aiming Laser Device At Aircraft
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The act creates the offense of unlawfully aiming a laser device at an aircraft (offense), which is a class 6 felony. A person commits the offense when the person knowingly points, focuses, or aims a laser device at an aircraft while the aircraft is occupied and the incident is reported to law enforcement by the pilot or crew member of the impacted aircraft.
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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_sb095_h_jud_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (02/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_095_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (03/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_095_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_095_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (02/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_095_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (03/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_095_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (03/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_095_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (03/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_095_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **59–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
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- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)
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- Matt Soper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2023-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
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- **2023-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2023-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2023-01-30T07:00:00+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/3c694810-0b7c-4c8e-8609-61aa7e3973c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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