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type: "Bill"
title: "Gun Violence Victims' Access To Judicial System"
description: "Current law limits product liability actions against manufacturers of firearms and ammunition to situations in which there was a defect in the design or manufacture of a firearm or ammunition. The act repeals that limitation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-168"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-168 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kolker", "Javier Mabrey", "Jennifer Parenti", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 21
vote_count: 15
first_action: "2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d5e0259-34ca-4013-8be4-1a29247dc920"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-168"
source_hash: "d626d24fed0becfd397f7f36bd5226262e1b2212a7a08abdaf8abbe3d20b1548"
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 23-168 (2023A) — Gun Violence Victims' Access To Judicial System
Current law limits product liability actions against manufacturers of firearms and ammunition to situations in which there was a defect in the design or manufacture of a firearm or ammunition. The act repeals that limitation.
## 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_sb23-168%20ccr%20signed.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_168_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_168_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_168_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_168_h_jud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_168_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_168_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_168_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_168_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **22–13** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **13–22** (fail) · upper
- REPASS — **39–22** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT — **51–10** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **13–22** (fail) · upper
- NOT CONCUR APPT CC — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BYD SCP — **51–6** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CCR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **45–18** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **14–21** (fail) · upper
- REREFER — **19–38** (fail) · lower
- PERM — **43–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **40–22** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chris Kolker — primary (person)
- Javier Mabrey — primary (person)
- Jennifer Parenti — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2023-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Corrected Report Amending Rerevised Bill
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T06:00:00+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 Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d5e0259-34ca-4013-8be4-1a29247dc920`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).