---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Staff Sabbaticals"
description: "Current law allows higher education faculty to take a sabbatical if the governing board of the institution where the faculty member works approves the sabbatical. The act extends sabbatical opportunities to staff of an institution of higher education who serve in a management position or similar capacity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1093"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1093 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Janice Marchman", "Janice Rich", "Matthew Martinez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-19T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a9186bc-7e7f-4f5b-a51f-f586be2f3195"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1093"
source_hash: "cee8c51c37a4325ecc117e2c62cf5fa1576baa52794d4dbe7821d512678c6788"
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 HB 23-1093 (2023A) — Higher Education Staff Sabbaticals

Current law allows higher education faculty to take a sabbatical if the governing board of the institution where the faculty member works approves the sabbatical. The act extends sabbatical opportunities to staff of an institution of higher education who serve in a management position or similar capacity.

## 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_hb1093_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1093_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1093_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1093_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1093_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1093_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1093_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1093_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **58–5** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **25–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Janice Marchman — primary (person)
- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- Matthew Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/20/2023 - No Amendments
- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a9186bc-7e7f-4f5b-a51f-f586be2f3195`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).