---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend Agricultural Workforce Development Program"
description: "The act extends the duration of internships under the agricultural workforce development program from up to 6 months to up to one year. The act also extends the repeal date of the program by 5 years, to July 1, 2029."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1094"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1094 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "Marc Catlin", "Meghan Lukens", "Rod Pelton"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-19T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad0fb345-646d-4a9f-8bec-4af10884e24a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1094"
source_hash: "a6599567e97eef8e970d4e0dcfe0fe34d946a5928be880229559719031537592"
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 23-1094 (2023A) — Extend Agricultural Workforce Development Program

The act extends the duration of internships under the agricultural workforce development program from up to 6 months to up to one year. The act also extends the repeal date of the program by 5 years, to July 1, 2029.

## 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_hb1094_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1094_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1094_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1094_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1094_h_app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1094_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1094_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1094_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1094_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **56–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)
- Meghan Lukens — primary (person)
- Rod Pelton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **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`
- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad0fb345-646d-4a9f-8bec-4af10884e24a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).