republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-072.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Sunset Defense Counsel First Appearance Program	The act continues the defense counsel on first appearance grant program until September 1, 2028, subject to sunset review by the department of regulatory agencies.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	SB 23-072	Colorado SB 23-072 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Elisabeth Epps Matt Soper Robert Rodriguez	9	15	2	2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00	2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/119674ff-609a-4593-b10b-be05e2ecbd84	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-072	4d3c366c18ba6024f4876f6abc506c6f767eb807fdc787b9dc6ec54d0ba7a004	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 23-072 (2023A) — Sunset Defense Counsel First Appearance Program

The act continues the defense counsel on first appearance grant program until September 1, 2028, subject to sunset review by the department of regulatory agencies.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/23/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/05/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/27/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/17/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (03/24/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (04/24/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (04/21/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (05/12/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 54–10 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 20–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elisabeth Epps — primary (person)
• Matt Soper — primary (person)
• Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-12T06:00:00+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 Speaker of the House
• 2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-03-26T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2023-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/119674ff-609a-4593-b10b-be05e2ecbd84. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).