---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Parks and Wildlife Officers Classified As State Troopers"
description: "Beginning July 1, 2023, the act classifies a wildlife officer and a parks and recreation officer employed by the division of parks and wildlife (division) in the department of natural resources (department) and hired on or after January 1, 2011, as a state trooper for the purpose of determining the officer's public employees' retirement association service retirement eligibility and benefit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-163"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-163 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Iman Jodeh", "Kyle Mullica", "Mike Lynch", "Perry Will"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e066ce1d-fe05-441e-b17a-4f0ecbedcbca"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-163"
source_hash: "a37546d19e93dbb0953aff231e544454459a2f8900a6500a432ccfaa6ba2da2f"
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 23-163 (2023A) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife Officers Classified As State Troopers

Beginning July 1, 2023, the act classifies a wildlife officer and a parks and recreation officer employed by the division of parks and wildlife (division) in the department of natural resources (department) and hired on or after January 1, 2011, as a state trooper for the purpose of determining the officer's public employees' retirement association service retirement eligibility and benefit.

## 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_sb163_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/31/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_163_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_163_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_163_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_163_s_fin_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/31/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_163_s_fin_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_163_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_163_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_163_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_163_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **61–3** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Iman Jodeh — primary (person)
- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
- Mike Lynch — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06T06:00:00+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`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `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`
- **2023-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17T07:00:00+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/e066ce1d-fe05-441e-b17a-4f0ecbedcbca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).