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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Protecting Opportunities And Workers' Rights Act"
+description: "For purposes of addressing discriminatory or unfair employment practices pursuant to Colorado's anti-discrimination laws, the act enacts the \"Protecting Opportunities and Workers' Rights (POWR) Act\", which:"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2023A"
+identifier: "SB 23-172"
+citation: "Colorado SB 23-172 (2023A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Jennifer Bacon", "Julie Gonzales", "Mike Weissman"]
+version_count: 11
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed8b483c-f3b3-484f-a8ee-d270121c23bd"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-172"
+source_hash: "3faeeb4d3da638ee1df4947bb9793416a9cc714bec361213eb7f4635a86a9a37"
+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 23-172 (2023A) — Protecting Opportunities And Workers' Rights Act
+
+For purposes of addressing discriminatory or unfair employment practices pursuant to Colorado's anti-discrimination laws, the act enacts the "Protecting Opportunities and Workers' Rights (POWR) Act", which:
+
+## 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_sb172_h_app_004.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (02/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (04/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_s_jud_01.pdf)
+6. **PA2 (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_s_jud_app_01.pdf)
+7. **PA3 (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_h_app_01.pdf)
+8. **Reengrossed (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_ren.pdf)
+9. **Rerevised (04/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_rer.pdf)
+10. **Revised (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_rev.pdf)
+11. **Signed Act (06/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_172_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **43–22** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- REPASS — **23–12** (pass) · upper
+- AMEND — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Faith Winter — primary (person)
+- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
+- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
+- Mike Weissman — 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`
+- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
+- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `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 Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed8b483c-f3b3-484f-a8ee-d270121c23bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+