---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labor Requirements For Energy Sector Construction"
description: "In 2019, the general assembly adopted an apprenticeship utilization law (apprenticeship utilization law) that requires the general contractor for a public project that does not receive federal money, and that is in the amount of $1,000,000 or more, to submit, at the time a mechanical, electrical, or plumbing subcontractor is put under contract, certain documentation regarding the contractors that will do the work to the contracting agency. At the same time, the general assembly also adopted a prevailing wage law (prevailing wage law) that requires any contractor who is awarded a contract for a public project by an agency of government for $500,000 or more and that does not include federal money, and any subcontractors working on the public project, to pay their employees a prevailing wage at weekly intervals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-292"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-292 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Hansen", "Monica Duran", "Shannon Bird", "Steve Fenberg"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c660ccc-4d3a-4d69-8e44-332433312f16"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-292"
source_hash: "af5fb2b7b0aa1016b1e43267f0d66958171fc4c523cd0114ecb550fb8c40ca7d"
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 23-292 (2023A) — Labor Requirements For Energy Sector Construction

In 2019, the general assembly adopted an apprenticeship utilization law (apprenticeship utilization law) that requires the general contractor for a public project that does not receive federal money, and that is in the amount of $1,000,000 or more, to submit, at the time a mechanical, electrical, or plumbing subcontractor is put under contract, certain documentation regarding the contractors that will do the work to the contracting agency. At the same time, the general assembly also adopted a prevailing wage law (prevailing wage law) that requires any contractor who is awarded a contract for a public project by an agency of government for $500,000 or more and that does not include federal money, and any subcontractors working on the public project, to pay their employees a prevailing wage at weekly intervals.

## 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_sb292_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_292_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_292_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_292_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_292_s_blt_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_292_s_blt_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_292_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_292_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_292_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_292_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **46–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)
- Steve Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c660ccc-4d3a-4d69-8e44-332433312f16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).