---
type: "Bill"
title: "Affidavit Support Eligibility Public Benefits"
description: "The act eliminates the requirement for a person who is lawfully residing in the state, a legal immigrant who is a resident of the state, or a documented individual to refrain from executing an affidavit of support for the purpose of sponsoring a documented individual while the person is receiving public services or medical assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1117"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1117 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Iman Jodeh", "Julie Gonzales", "Lorena Garcia", "Nick Hinrichsen"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-24T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07cf8826-994f-4e15-9d1e-7c7c4b1a006c"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1117"
source_hash: "799d2c20960051ab3ee088408696873af07bec51fd4cc01f5d20dcda32f75929"
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 23-1117 (2023A) — Affidavit Support Eligibility Public Benefits

The act eliminates the requirement for a person who is lawfully residing in the state, a legal immigrant who is a resident of the state, or a documented individual to refrain from executing an affidavit of support for the purpose of sponsoring a documented individual while the person is receiving public services or medical assistance.

## 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_hb1117_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1117_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1117_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1117_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1117_h_pbh_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1117_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1117_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1117_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1117_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **45–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Iman Jodeh — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Lorena Garcia — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+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
- **2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07cf8826-994f-4e15-9d1e-7c7c4b1a006c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).