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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Department Of Law Funds For Unanticipated State Legal Needs"
+description: "The act permits the department of law to use money appropriated to the department for litigation management to address unanticipated state legal needs. The department is prohibited from using that money for employee salary increases, promotions, reclassifications, or bonuses, or to offset personal services deficits in the department."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2023A"
+identifier: "SB 23-235"
+citation: "Colorado SB 23-235 (2023A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Rod Bockenfeld", "Shannon Bird"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04dce19a-88c4-4878-984b-22f98d0a89bd"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-235"
+source_hash: "484cf2a2ea1c3f4a952bb343cb1d0e7b30debb5c36a273c13a1b4d300285874c"
+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 23-235 (2023A) — Department Of Law Funds For Unanticipated State Legal Needs
+
+The act permits the department of law to use money appropriated to the department for litigation management to address unanticipated state legal needs. The department is prohibited from using that money for employee salary increases, promotions, reclassifications, or bonuses, or to offset personal services deficits in the department.
+
+## 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_sb235_h_app_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (03/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_235_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_235_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_235_01.pdf)
+5. **Reengrossed (03/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_235_ren.pdf)
+6. **Rerevised (04/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_235_rer.pdf)
+7. **Revised (04/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_235_rev.pdf)
+8. **Signed Act (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_235_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **50–12** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
+- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
+- Rod Bockenfeld — primary (person)
+- Shannon Bird — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2023-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
+- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04dce19a-88c4-4878-984b-22f98d0a89bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+