---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requirements For Recall Elections And Vacancies"
description: "Sections 1 through 5 of the act clarify the procedure for filling a vacancy in a municipal elected office. When a vacancy occurs, the governing body shall appoint an eligible elector or call a special election within 60 days. If the governing body lacks sufficient members to reach a quorum, the clerk of the governing body is authorized to call a special election to fill the vacancy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1185"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1185 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lindsey Daugherty", "Robert Rodriguez", "Steven Woodrow"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b48c67b-9e9b-4b0a-9a54-f75e1c902fa4"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1185"
source_hash: "992a13a3397a19726febdd7353b1dfa03d01b3a8d92809df0f86c7c6158f45da"
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 23-1185 (2023A) — Requirements For Recall Elections And Vacancies

Sections 1 through 5 of the act clarify the procedure for filling a vacancy in a municipal elected office. When a vacancy occurs, the governing body shall appoint an eligible elector or call a special election within 60 days. If the governing body lacks sufficient members to reach a quorum, the clerk of the governing body is authorized to call a special election to fill the vacancy.

## 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_hb1185_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1185_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1185_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1185_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1185_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/31/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1185_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1185_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1185_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **48–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Steven Woodrow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b48c67b-9e9b-4b0a-9a54-f75e1c902fa4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).