republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-241.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creation Of Office Of School Safety"
description: "The act creates the office of school safety (office) within the office of the executive director in the department of public safety. The office oversees the school safety resource center (center), which assists schools in preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from emergencies and crisis situations by offering training and other supportive services. Among other duties, the center is responsible for providing information and resources related to school safety, school emergency response planning and training, and interoperable communications to the division of fire prevention and control in the department of public safety for distribution to school districts and schools. The act clarifies that this responsibility does not permit the provision of firearms to schools districts or schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-241"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-241 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Jeff Bridges", "Rod Bockenfeld", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67111d44-233e-40ee-9fae-2e99b590b661"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-241"
source_hash: "e29f65c3b7ae81c806cccb1d5e050d8df5c2724cb75ebbb7774715b915b8f011"
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 23-241 (2023A) — Creation Of Office Of School Safety

The act creates the office of school safety (office) within the office of the executive director in the department of public safety. The office oversees the school safety resource center (center), which assists schools in preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from emergencies and crisis situations by offering training and other supportive services. Among other duties, the center is responsible for providing information and resources related to school safety, school emergency response planning and training, and interoperable communications to the division of fire prevention and control in the department of public safety for distribution to school districts and schools. The act clarifies that this responsibility does not permit the provision of firearms to schools districts or schools.

## 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_sb241_h_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_241_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_241_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_241_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_241_h_app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_241_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_241_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_241_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_241_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **59–4** (pass) · lower
- NOT CONCUR APPT CC — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CCR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT — **60–3** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **60–3** (pass) · lower
- BYD SCP — **56–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Rod Bockenfeld — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2023-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67111d44-233e-40ee-9fae-2e99b590b661`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).