republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-097.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle Theft And Unauthorized Use"
description: "Current law criminalizes auto theft as \"aggravated motor vehicle theft in the first degree\" and \"aggravated motor vehicle theft in the second degree.\" The penalties for both aggravated motor vehicle thefts are based on the value of the vehicle or vehicles stolen."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-097"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-097 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Matt Soper", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-30T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9dc4b62-3d50-4752-ab3f-222bd19f53af"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-097"
source_hash: "80ea452292c1dc2115fa0e746c73c175c1ee790002be2327de741b12c5a8569a"
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 23-097 (2023A) — Motor Vehicle Theft And Unauthorized Use

Current law criminalizes auto theft as "aggravated motor vehicle theft in the first degree" and "aggravated motor vehicle theft in the second degree." The penalties for both aggravated motor vehicle thefts are based on the value of the vehicle or vehicles stolen.

## 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_sb097_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_097_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_097_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_097_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_097_s_app_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_097_h_jud_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_097_h_jud_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (03/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_097_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_097_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_097_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_097_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **48–16** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **33–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+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 Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **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
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T07:00:00+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/c9dc4b62-3d50-4752-ab3f-222bd19f53af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).