2023 Colorado 2A Legislation
THE 74TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONVENED ON JANUARY 9TH, 2023 AND ADJOURNED MAY 8TH, 2023.
Bill Number | Title | RFOR Position | Sponsor(s) | Committee | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HB23-1230 | Prohibit Assault Weapons In Colorado | Oppose | Epps Fields | — | Died in House | Prohibits a person from manufacturing, importing, purchasing, selling, offering to sell, or transferring ownership of an “assault weapon”. |
SB23-279 | Ghost Gun Ban | Oppose | Fields Hansen Boesenecker Joseph | — | Signed into Law | Prohibits Unserialized Firearms And Firearm Components |
HB23-1165
| County Authority To Prohibit Firearms Discharge | Oppose | Amabile McCormick Jaquez Lewis | — | Died in Senate | Gives the board of county commissioners the authority to prohibit discharge of firearms in unincorporated areas of a county. |
HB23-1219
| 3 Day Waiting Period | Oppose | Froelich Amabile Sullivan Hansen | — | Signed into Law | Establishes a minimum three-day waiting period prior to deliver/receive a purchased firearm. |
SB23-168 | Gun Violence Victim Access To Judicial System | Oppose | Jaquez Lewis Kolker Mabrey Parenti | — | Signed into Law | Repeals current law that limit liability actions against manufacturers of firearms and ammunition. |
SB23-169 | Increase Firearm Purchase Age To 21 | Oppose | Mullican Danielson Duran Hamrick | — | Signed into Law | Increases the legal age to purchase a firearm to twenty-one years of age, with limited exceptions. |
SB23-170
| Expand Red Flag/ERPO Law
| Oppose | Sullivan Fenberg Bacon Weissman | — | Signed into Law | Expands the list of who can petition for an extreme risk protection order to include licensed medical care providers, licensed mental health-care providers, licensed educators, and district attorneys. |
HCR23-1003
| Constitutional Concealed Carry Of A Handgun | Support | Soper | — | Died in House | Submits to the registered electors of the state of Colorado an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the right to carry a concealed handgun. |
HB23-1050 | Protection Of Business From Unlawful Entry | Support | Winter (T) | — | Died in House | Extends the right to use deadly physical force against an intruder under certain conditions to include businesses. |
HB23-1044 | Second Amendment Preservation Act | Support | DeGraff | — | Died in House | Prohibits enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms. |