---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Continue Veterans Assistance Grant Program"
description: "The act implements the recommendation of the department of regulatory agencies' sunset review and report on the veterans assistance grant program (program) by continuing the program for 7 years, until September 1, 2031."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1273"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1273 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byron Pelton", "Jennifer Parenti", "Nick Hinrichsen"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-02-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4baece2-f9bb-447e-8e04-156cfcfde003"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1273"
source_hash: "11253b145be86b4c5a07776bb7e696bcb5115fd345b46c614a7a5463010eece2"
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 24-1273 (2024A) — Sunset Continue Veterans Assistance Grant Program

The act implements the recommendation of the department of regulatory agencies' sunset review and report on the veterans assistance grant program (program) by continuing the program for 7 years, until September 1, 2031.

## 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_hb1273_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1273_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1273_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/13/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1273_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1273_s_sa_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/17/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1273_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1273_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1273_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1273_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **43–16** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CCR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **17–40** (fail) · lower
- REPASS — **60–1** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PREV ? — **42–17** (pass) · lower
- NOT CNCR — **44–18** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Byron Pelton — primary (person)
- Jennifer Parenti — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **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 with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **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
- **2024-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-02-13T07:00:00+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/d4baece2-f9bb-447e-8e04-156cfcfde003`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).