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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Program"
+description: "The act updates the veterinary education loan repayment program in the following ways:"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2023A"
+identifier: "SB 23-044"
+citation: "Colorado SB 23-044 (2023A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Joann Ginal", "Karen McCormick", "Rod Pelton", "Ty Winter"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8644071-be97-4671-8812-395ca19d1f6d"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-044"
+source_hash: "24ea7cfb08bae419fa48dc1ec0f93d79272d58b07fb87af6bbabbc23f9743756"
+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 23-044 (2023A) — Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Program
+
+The act updates the veterinary education loan repayment program in the following ways:
+
+## 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_sb044_h_app_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_044_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_044_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (01/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_044_01.pdf)
+5. **Reengrossed (04/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_044_ren.pdf)
+6. **Rerevised (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_044_rer.pdf)
+7. **Revised (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_044_rev.pdf)
+8. **Signed Act (06/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_044_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **31–4** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **60–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
+- Karen McCormick — primary (person)
+- Rod Pelton — primary (person)
+- Ty Winter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`
+- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2023-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8644071-be97-4671-8812-395ca19d1f6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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