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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly
HB23-1167

Reporting Of Emergency Overdose Events

Type Bill
Session 2023 Regular Session
Subjects
Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

Concerning persons who report emergency overdose events in good faith.

Bill Summary:

Under current law, a person is immune from arrest and prosecution of certain criminal offenses if the person reports an overdose to an emergency responder and satisfies additional requirements related to the reporting. The act extends the immunity to a person who does not report the overdose to an emergency responder, but aids or seeks aid for the person suffering the overdose and satisfies additional requirements related to the reporting.

The act also extends that immunity from arrest and prosecution to the following criminal offenses:

  • Unlawful possession of a controlled substance if the material, compound, mixture, or preparation contains fentanyl, carfentanil, benzimidazole opiate, or an analog thereof; and
  • Unlawful distribution or transfer of the controlled substance for the purpose of consuming all of the controlled substance with another person at a time substantially contemporaneous with the transfer, if the distribution or transfer involves certain controlled substances.
The act makes it a level 1 drug misdemeanor rather than a level 3 or level 4 drug felony for unlawful distribution, dispensation, or sale of certain controlled substances if the person reports an overdose to an emergency responder, or aids or seeks aid for the person suffering the overdose, and satisfies additional requirements related to the reporting.

APPROVED by Governor May 1, 2023

EFFECTIVE May 1, 2023
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Prime Sponsors

Representative Chris Kennedy

Representative

Chris Kennedy

Representative Said Sharbini

Representative

Said Sharbini

Senator Robert Rodriguez

Senator

Robert Rodriguez

Committees

House

Judiciary

Senate

Judiciary

Status

Became Law

Introduced

Passed

Became Law

Related Documents & Information

Date Version Documents
05/01/2023 Signed Act PDF
04/20/2023 Final Act PDF
04/10/2023 Rerevised PDF
04/06/2023 Revised PDF
03/03/2023 Reengrossed PDF
03/02/2023 Engrossed PDF
02/02/2023 Introduced PDF
Date Version Documents
02/23/2023 PA1 PDF
Date Version Documents
05/15/2023 FN3 PDF
04/01/2023 FN2 PDF
02/15/2023 FN1 PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Refer House Bill 23-1167 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 3-2. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
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Committee Report:  PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Adopt amendment L.004 The motion passed on a vote of 10-2. Vote summary
Adopt amendment L.001 The motion passed without objection. Vote summary
Refer House Bill 23-1167, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-2. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
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Committee Report:  PDF
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
04/10/2023 Third Reading BILL
24
AYE
11
NO
0
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
03/03/2023 Third Reading BILL
43
AYE
20
NO
2
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Amendment Number Committee/ Floor Hearing Status Documents
03/02/2023 L.005 Second Reading Passed [**] PDF
03/02/2023 L.008 Second Reading Passed [**] PDF
02/21/2023 L.001 HOU Judiciary Passed [*] PDF
02/21/2023 L.004 HOU Judiciary Passed [*] PDF

* Amendments passed in committee are not incorporated into the measure unless adopted by the full House or Senate.

** The status of Second Reading amendments may be subsequently affected by the adoption of an amendment to the Committee of the Whole Report. Refer to the House or Senate Journal for additional information.

Date Location Action
05/01/2023 Governor Governor Signed
04/21/2023 Governor Sent to the Governor
04/20/2023 Senate Signed by the President of the Senate
04/20/2023 House Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/10/2023 Senate Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/06/2023 Senate Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/03/2023 Senate Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/06/2023 Senate Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
03/03/2023 House House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/02/2023 House House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
02/24/2023 House House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
02/21/2023 House House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/02/2023 House Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
Effective Date Chapter # Title Documents
05/01/2023 144 Reporting Of Emergency Overdose Events PDF

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