---
type: "Bill"
title: "Scope Of Bridge And Tunnel Enterprise"
description: "The bridge and tunnel enterprise (BTE) in the department of transportation (department) completes tunnel projects and finances, repairs, reconstructs, replaces, and maintains designated bridges in the state. A designated bridge is a bridge that is part of the state highway system and that the department has identified as structurally deficient or functionally obsolete and has rated as poor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1276"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1276 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byron Pelton", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Stephanie Vigil", "William Lindstedt"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28975a16-80e7-48b5-b862-b03ed74c4ce7"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1276"
source_hash: "d9ca8af181c874ac6fd0c4379b2175dde5ee3640208928fb2cd905f8a2584828"
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 23-1276 (2023A) — Scope Of Bridge And Tunnel Enterprise

The bridge and tunnel enterprise (BTE) in the department of transportation (department) completes tunnel projects and finances, repairs, reconstructs, replaces, and maintains designated bridges in the state. A designated bridge is a bridge that is part of the state highway system and that the department has identified as structurally deficient or functionally obsolete and has rated as poor.

## 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_hb1276_s_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1276_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1276_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1276_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1276_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1276_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1276_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1276_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Byron Pelton — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
- Stephanie Vigil — primary (person)
- William Lindstedt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28975a16-80e7-48b5-b862-b03ed74c4ce7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).