---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minimum Pay For State Military Forces"
description: "The act sets the minimum pay for a member of the state military forces engaged in any service ordered by the governor as the rate paid to an enlisted person holding the rank of E-4 with over 6 years of service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-091"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-091 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerry Sonnenberg", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Richard Holtorf", "Thomas Exum"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2584bb13-2d3b-4f62-b348-ca0322281f55"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-091"
source_hash: "1aef4e4f2ac4f585769996d68fda76e5567a46e57cb5ad5aea83d153e9eea946"
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 20-091 (2020A) — Minimum Pay For State Military Forces

The act sets the minimum pay for a member of the state military forces engaged in any service ordered by the governor as the rate paid to an enlisted person holding the rank of E-4 with over 6 years of service.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_sb091_h_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_091_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_091_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_091_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (01/31/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_091_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_091_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (02/28/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_091_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/18/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_091_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jerry Sonnenberg — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
- Richard Holtorf — primary (person)
- Thomas Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2020-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2584bb13-2d3b-4f62-b348-ca0322281f55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).