republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-296.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prevent Harassment And Discrimination In Schools"
description: "The act defines \"harassment or discrimination\" as unwelcome physical or verbal conduct or any written, pictorial, or visual communication by a student or employee that is directed at a student or group of students because of that student's or group's membership in, or perceived membership in, a protected class. The conduct or communication need not be severe or pervasive under specified circumstances. Whether conduct constitutes harassment or discrimination is judged under the totality of the circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-296"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-296 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Janice Marchman", "Jennifer Bacon", "Leslie Herod"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d802fbf3-a6ba-4c63-93fa-727745dc4ba9"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-296"
source_hash: "a0a2350f07361e5577a1a1766cca5fbf8e585544eb7aa9fab39c3206dd2d2f8d"
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 23-296 (2023A) — Prevent Harassment And Discrimination In Schools

The act defines "harassment or discrimination" as unwelcome physical or verbal conduct or any written, pictorial, or visual communication by a student or employee that is directed at a student or group of students because of that student's or group's membership in, or perceived membership in, a protected class. The conduct or communication need not be severe or pervasive under specified circumstances. Whether conduct constitutes harassment or discrimination is judged under the totality of the circumstances.

## 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_sb296_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_296_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_296_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_296_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_296_s_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_296_h_jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_296_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_296_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_296_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_296_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **44–18** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **46–16** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **42–20** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Janice Marchman — primary (person)
- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d802fbf3-a6ba-4c63-93fa-727745dc4ba9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).