---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation To Department of Health Care Policy And Financing For Denver Health"
description: "For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $5 million from the general fund to the department of health care policy and financing to distribute to the Denver health and hospital authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-138"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-138 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Emily Sirota", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-06T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-03T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e7eecd9-7658-44f6-bbdb-1feab328b49a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-138"
source_hash: "5fa0f140fd5dd88ae137bcab3601094b57744a1d4eb61a5021ace7700014cd88"
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 23-138 (2023A) — Appropriation To Department of Health Care Policy And Financing For Denver Health

For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $5 million from the general fund to the department of health care policy and financing to distribute to the Denver health and hospital authority.

## 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_sb138_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_138_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (02/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_138_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_138_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_138_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (02/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_138_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (02/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_138_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_138_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **58–6** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2023-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e7eecd9-7658-44f6-bbdb-1feab328b49a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).