---
type: "Bill"
title: "Equal Justice Fund Authority"
description: "The act creates the equal justice authority as a special purpose authority to distribute an equal justice fee for the purpose of providing monetary support to local organizations that provide legal representation and legal advice to low-income individuals. The equal justice authority is governed by the equal justice authority board, which is created in the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1286"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1286 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "Junie Joseph", "Kevin Priola", "Mandy Lindsay"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65de1e98-e44f-4fd1-96a0-e60387f6c7b2"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1286"
source_hash: "a65369009a281fa72b7b17d5af7cf87f44d8b73fed436407cf09eae70eaae5a3"
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 24-1286 (2024A) — Equal Justice Fund Authority

The act creates the equal justice authority as a special purpose authority to distribute an equal justice fee for the purpose of providing monetary support to local organizations that provide legal representation and legal advice to low-income individuals. The equal justice authority is governed by the equal justice authority board, which is created in the act.

## 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_hb1286_s_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/18/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1286_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1286_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/13/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1286_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1286_h_jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1286_h_jud_fin_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1286_s_fin_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1286_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1286_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1286_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1286_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **43–17** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **44–16** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **50–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Junie Joseph — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Mandy Lindsay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over with Amendments to 04/18/2024 - Committee
- **2024-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2024-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/65de1e98-e44f-4fd1-96a0-e60387f6c7b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).