---
type: "Bill"
title: "Women Veterans Appreciation Day"
description: "The act designates women veterans appreciation day as an observed, but not a legal, state holiday on June 12 of each year, and provides that appropriate observance may be held in tribute to the service and sacrifice of women veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1236"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1236 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Byron Pelton", "Richard Holtorf"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c48a5f51-d497-4e81-a374-6e8ca29e3de1"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1236"
source_hash: "e3a164706ac6813ea89dd512db606dc0ab0ef97dd3ea3ee81b20226c763533e1"
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 HB 24-1236 (2024A) — Women Veterans Appreciation Day

The act designates women veterans appreciation day as an observed, but not a legal, state holiday on June 12 of each year, and provides that appropriate observance may be held in tribute to the service and sacrifice of women veterans.

## 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/2024a_hb1236_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/20/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1236_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/21/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1236_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1236_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1236_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1236_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1236_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1236_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **40–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Byron Pelton — primary (person)
- Richard Holtorf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/14/2024 - No Amendments
- **2024-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c48a5f51-d497-4e81-a374-6e8ca29e3de1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).