---
type: "Bill"
title: "Financing To Purchase Firefighting Aircraft"
description: "The act directs the state treasurer to transfer $26 million from the general fund to the Colorado firefighting air corps fund for use by the division of fire prevention and control to purchase a fire hawk helicopter configured for wildfire and other public safety response needs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-161"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-161 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie McCluskie", "Mike Lynch", "Perry Will", "Steve Fenberg"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-15T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daf01641-88f8-4947-8305-f26cb2bd47fa"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-161"
source_hash: "a6ba1c55e3198444cf9a6a2b9a66ad961df12e45e716221fa90bd930a5e0f0bd"
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 23-161 (2023A) — Financing To Purchase Firefighting Aircraft

The act directs the state treasurer to transfer $26 million from the general fund to the Colorado firefighting air corps fund for use by the division of fire prevention and control to purchase a fire hawk helicopter configured for wildfire and other public safety response needs.

## 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_sb161_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_161_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_161_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_161_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_161_s_fin_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_161_s_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_161_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_161_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_161_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_161_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **59–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
- Mike Lynch — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)
- Steve Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+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 Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+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 Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `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 with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/daf01641-88f8-4947-8305-f26cb2bd47fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).