---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fiscal Year 2023-24 Legislative Appropriation Bill"
description: "The act appropriates $67,254,584 to the legislative department for the payment of expenses in the 2023-24 state fiscal year. Of this amount, $65,524,678 is from the general fund, $90,000 is from cash funds, and $1,639,906 is from reappropriated funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-197"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-197 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Mike Lynch", "Monica Duran", "Steve Fenberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/015fd43f-6067-4a20-a6d1-6cbb31ea4f9c"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-197"
source_hash: "4cbc567c1f4348ac4f7d51c477d07b090b284fd2ee00a0cc64f8aa5672c6700c"
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 23-197 (2023A) — Fiscal Year 2023-24 Legislative Appropriation Bill

The act appropriates $67,254,584 to the legislative department for the payment of expenses in the 2023-24 state fiscal year. Of this amount, $65,524,678 is from the general fund, $90,000 is from cash funds, and $1,639,906 is from reappropriated funds.

## 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_sb197_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_197_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_197_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_197_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_197_s_app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_197_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_197_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_197_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_197_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **53–9** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **29–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Mike Lynch — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)
- Steve Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/015fd43f-6067-4a20-a6d1-6cbb31ea4f9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).