---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax Credit For Retrofitting A Home For Health Reasons"
description: "The act extends for an additional 5 years the income tax credit for expenses incurred by an individual with a family income at or below $150,00, adjusted for inflation, (qualified individual) in retrofitting the individual's residence to increase its accessibility for persons with disabilities. The act also extends the credit carry-forward period from 5 to 8 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-196"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-196 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Mary Young", "Naquetta Ricks"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/971636b7-9209-405a-8152-185394b9b5b8"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-196"
source_hash: "3a7a00c919733db835ed1bb40b9034a82decae3a181b92ca4ddad5c0d11e6fda"
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 23-196 (2023A) — Income Tax Credit For Retrofitting A Home For Health Reasons

The act extends for an additional 5 years the income tax credit for expenses incurred by an individual with a family income at or below $150,00, adjusted for inflation, (qualified individual) in retrofitting the individual's residence to increase its accessibility for persons with disabilities. The act also extends the credit carry-forward period from 5 to 8 years.

## 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_sb196_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_196_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_196_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_196_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_196_rn2.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_196_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_196_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_196_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **60–5** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Mary Young — primary (person)
- Naquetta Ricks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+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 - No Amendments
- **2023-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+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/971636b7-9209-405a-8152-185394b9b5b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).