---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Colorado Food Systems Advisory Council"
description: "The act extends the Colorado food systems advisory council (council) established within Colorado state university until September 1, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-159"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-159 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Boesenecker", "Byron Pelton", "Mandy Lindsay", "Nick Hinrichsen"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-15T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a4486de-d103-4ce6-8bf2-9ce4d44614a1"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-159"
source_hash: "a8694038839362cbd92fe6635055812d797272743f4df9a59b2fd01c27c959a1"
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 23-159 (2023A) — Sunset Colorado Food Systems Advisory Council

The act extends the Colorado food systems advisory council (council) established within Colorado state university until September 1, 2026.

## 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_sb159_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/31/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_159_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_159_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_159_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_159_s_agr_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/31/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_159_s_agr_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_159_h_awn_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_159_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_159_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_159_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_159_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **61–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Boesenecker — primary (person)
- Byron Pelton — primary (person)
- Mandy Lindsay — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2023-02-15T07:00:00+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/6a4486de-d103-4ce6-8bf2-9ce4d44614a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).