---
type: "Bill"
title: "Identical Temporary TABOR Refund"
description: "If the state exceeds its fiscal year spending limit, it is required to refund the excess state revenues (TABOR refund). The act changes the way the state will distribute a TABOR refund for the 2022-23 state fiscal year. Currently, there are 3 different methods to effectuate a TABOR refund:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1311"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1311 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Hansen", "Chris deGruy Kennedy", "Mike Weissman", "Nick Hinrichsen"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17b43832-9b70-48d0-90cd-667c7bcfb921"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1311"
source_hash: "83466eca2e500ba14e0f561cd6ee56e2dd060ffc179455bbf66376908b871d14"
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 23-1311 (2023A) — Identical Temporary TABOR Refund

If the state exceeds its fiscal year spending limit, it is required to refund the excess state revenues (TABOR refund). The act changes the way the state will distribute a TABOR refund for the 2022-23 state fiscal year. Currently, there are 3 different methods to effectuate a TABOR refund:

## 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_hb1311_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1311_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1311_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1311_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (05/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1311_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1311_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1311_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1311_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- COW * — **12–23** (fail) · upper
- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **12–23** (fail) · upper
- COW * — **12–23** (fail) · upper
- COW * — **12–23** (fail) · upper
- COW * — **12–23** (fail) · upper
- BILL — **44–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Chris deGruy Kennedy — primary (person)
- Mike Weissman — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17b43832-9b70-48d0-90cd-667c7bcfb921`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).