---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Program"
description: "The act updates the veterinary education loan repayment program in the following ways:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-044"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-044 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joann Ginal", "Karen McCormick", "Rod Pelton", "Ty Winter"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8644071-be97-4671-8812-395ca19d1f6d"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-044"
source_hash: "24ea7cfb08bae419fa48dc1ec0f93d79272d58b07fb87af6bbabbc23f9743756"
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 SB 23-044 (2023A) — Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Program

The act updates the veterinary education loan repayment program in the following ways:

## 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_sb044_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_044_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_044_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_044_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_044_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_044_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_044_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_044_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **31–4** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **60–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Karen McCormick — primary (person)
- Rod Pelton — primary (person)
- Ty Winter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **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 - No Amendments
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **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`
- **2023-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8644071-be97-4671-8812-395ca19d1f6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).