republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-276.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifications To Laws Regarding Elections"
description: "The act modifies the \"Uniform Election Code of 1992\" (code), the law regarding initiatives and referendums, the \"Fair Campaign Practices Act\", and the law regarding public official disclosures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-276"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-276 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily Sirota", "Steve Fenberg"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49909059-1a6d-4711-a459-713e6fce3236"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-276"
source_hash: "9ca6509825fb208bcd637ab30fa6294990c5a97f1bf7ee78f7e760927d57f884"
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 23-276 (2023A) — Modifications To Laws Regarding Elections

The act modifies the "Uniform Election Code of 1992" (code), the law regarding initiatives and referendums, the "Fair Campaign Practices Act", and the law regarding public official disclosures.

## 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_sb276_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_276_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_276_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_276_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_276_s_sa_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_276_s_sa_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_276_h_sa_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_276_h_sa_fin_01.pdf)
9. **PA5 (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_276_h_sa_fin_app_01.pdf)
10. **Reengrossed (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_276_ren.pdf)
11. **Rerevised (04/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_276_rer.pdf)
12. **Revised (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_276_rev.pdf)
13. **Signed Act (06/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_276_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **30–5** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **44–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
- Steve Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+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 Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+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/49909059-1a6d-4711-a459-713e6fce3236`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).