---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modification of County Elected Officer Salary Categories"
description: "Each county in the state is categorized for purposes of establishing the salaries of elected officers in the county. The statutory salary amounts are adjusted every 2 years for inflation and take effect for terms commencing after any change is made."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-138"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-138 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleave Simpson", "Marc Catlin", "Matthew Martinez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-12T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96416cff-811f-44b4-b226-371d539658bb"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-138"
source_hash: "8c667cf84087b357acf291ac219de24eec06bf07c9f63ff516e6ef73701d2f1b"
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 24-138 (2024A) — Modification of County Elected Officer Salary Categories

Each county in the state is categorized for purposes of establishing the salaries of elected officers in the county. The statutory salary amounts are adjusted every 2 years for inflation and take effect for terms commencing after any change is made.

## 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_sb138_h_thl_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/21/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_138_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_138_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_138_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_138_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_138_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_138_rv2.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_138_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **59–4** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)
- Matthew Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2024-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`
- **2024-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96416cff-811f-44b4-b226-371d539658bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).