---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modernize Energy Distribution Systems"
description: "The act requires the office of future of work to create a grant program, in coordination with the Colorado energy office, for lineworker apprenticeship programs (grant program). In connection with the grant program, the office of future of work must create a competitive application process and select apprenticeship programs that meet certain training and matching requirements. On July 1, 2024, the state treasurer must transfer $800,000 from the general fund to the Colorado lineworker apprenticeship grant program cash fund, which is created in the act, for the purposes of the grant program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-218"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-218 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Hansen", "Kyle Brown", "Monica Duran", "Steve Fenberg"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3df43a89-f1c3-4b2d-b752-e74d0202bc49"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-218"
source_hash: "750f90e21ded490c0451b064344b5c6fe0091d90d4e2b8c4ce45c16acce65488"
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 24-218 (2024A) — Modernize Energy Distribution Systems

The act requires the office of future of work to create a grant program, in coordination with the Colorado energy office, for lineworker apprenticeship programs (grant program). In connection with the grant program, the office of future of work must create a competitive application process and select apprenticeship programs that meet certain training and matching requirements. On July 1, 2024, the state treasurer must transfer $800,000 from the general fund to the Colorado lineworker apprenticeship grant program cash fund, which is created in the act, for the purposes of the grant program.

## 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_sb218_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_218_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_218_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_218_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_218_s_fin_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_218_s_fin_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_218_h_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_218_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_218_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_218_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_218_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **45–17** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **25–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Kyle Brown — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)
- Steve Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3df43a89-f1c3-4b2d-b752-e74d0202bc49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).