---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting Opportunities And Workers' Rights Act"
description: "For purposes of addressing discriminatory or unfair employment practices pursuant to Colorado's anti-discrimination laws, the act enacts the \"Protecting Opportunities and Workers' Rights (POWR) Act\", which:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-172"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-172 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Jennifer Bacon", "Julie Gonzales", "Mike Weissman"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed8b483c-f3b3-484f-a8ee-d270121c23bd"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-172"
source_hash: "3faeeb4d3da638ee1df4947bb9793416a9cc714bec361213eb7f4635a86a9a37"
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 23-172 (2023A) — Protecting Opportunities And Workers' Rights Act

For purposes of addressing discriminatory or unfair employment practices pursuant to Colorado's anti-discrimination laws, the act enacts the "Protecting Opportunities and Workers' Rights (POWR) Act", which:

## 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_sb172_h_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_s_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_s_jud_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_h_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_172_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **43–22** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Mike Weissman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-10T06:00:00+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
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed8b483c-f3b3-484f-a8ee-d270121c23bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).