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type: "Bill"
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title: "Increasing Minimum Age To Purchase Firearms"
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description: "Current law allows a person who is 18 years of age or older to knowingly possess or purchase a firearm. The act increases the age to legally purchase a firearm to 21 years of age or older."
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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 23-169"
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citation: "Colorado SB 23-169 (2023A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eliza Hamrick", "Jessie Danielson", "Kyle Mullica", "Monica Duran"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bfae1cb-931c-45b9-9cc6-fd817417f8ae"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-169"
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source_hash: "6f826e76cd35991e36e0cab6fd969dea304ff939c9a64409c37f030f058f4a26"
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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 23-169 (2023A) — Increasing Minimum Age To Purchase Firearms
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Current law allows a person who is 18 years of age or older to knowingly possess or purchase a firearm. The act increases the age to legally purchase a firearm to 21 years of age or older.
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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_sb169_h_sa_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_169_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_169_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (02/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_169_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (03/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_169_s_sa_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (03/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_169_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (03/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_169_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (03/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_169_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_169_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower
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- COW * — **17–18** (fail) · upper
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- COW * — **17–18** (fail) · upper
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- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · upper
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- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- REFER — **14–21** (fail) · upper
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- REPASS — **20–14** (pass) · upper
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- COW * — **17–18** (fail) · upper
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- COW * — **17–18** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Eliza Hamrick — primary (person)
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- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
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- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
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- Monica Duran — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
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- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
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- **2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
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- **2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
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- **2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
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- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
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- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `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/2bfae1cb-931c-45b9-9cc6-fd817417f8ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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