---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax Policy That Advances Decarbonization"
description: "The length of the bill summary for this bill requires it to be published on a separate page here:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1272"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1272 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Junie Joseph", "Lisa Cutter", "Mike Weissman", "Steve Fenberg"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-11T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3d5f6c2-2b02-446d-bd53-e62e8ccecf55"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1272"
source_hash: "9d2c0cf151c341d278d825458d05d2bd94192dd03662f28d5cade9e80b41f4d1"
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 23-1272 (2023A) — Tax Policy That Advances Decarbonization

The length of the bill summary for this bill requires it to be published on a separate page here:

## 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_hb1272_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1272_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1272_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1272_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1272_h_ene_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1272_h_ene_fin_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1272_h_ene_fin_app_02.pdf)
8. **PA4 (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1272_s_fin_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1272_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1272_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1272_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1272_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **46–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **46–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **43–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Junie Joseph — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Mike Weissman — primary (person)
- Steve Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3d5f6c2-2b02-446d-bd53-e62e8ccecf55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).