republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-292.md

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Bill	Labor Requirements For Energy Sector Construction	In 2019, the general assembly adopted an apprenticeship utilization law (apprenticeship utilization law) that requires the general contractor for a public project that does not receive federal money, and that is in the amount of $1,000,000 or more, to submit, at the time a mechanical, electrical, or plumbing subcontractor is put under contract, certain documentation regarding the contractors that will do the work to the contracting agency. At the same time, the general assembly also adopted a prevailing wage law (prevailing wage law) that requires any contractor who is awarded a contract for a public project by an agency of government for $500,000 or more and that does not include federal money, and any subcontractors working on the public project, to pay their employees a prevailing wage at weekly intervals.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	SB 23-292	Colorado SB 23-292 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Chris Hansen Monica Duran Shannon Bird Steve Fenberg	10	15	2	2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00	2023-05-23T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/8c660ccc-4d3a-4d69-8e44-332433312f16	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-292	af5fb2b7b0aa1016b1e43267f0d66958171fc4c523cd0114ecb550fb8c40ca7d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 23-292 (2023A) — Labor Requirements For Energy Sector Construction

In 2019, the general assembly adopted an apprenticeship utilization law (apprenticeship utilization law) that requires the general contractor for a public project that does not receive federal money, and that is in the amount of $1,000,000 or more, to submit, at the time a mechanical, electrical, or plumbing subcontractor is put under contract, certain documentation regarding the contractors that will do the work to the contracting agency. At the same time, the general assembly also adopted a prevailing wage law (prevailing wage law) that requires any contractor who is awarded a contract for a public project by an agency of government for $500,000 or more and that does not include federal money, and any subcontractors working on the public project, to pay their employees a prevailing wage at weekly intervals.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/28/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/17/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/18/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/26/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/28/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (05/01/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (05/06/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (05/04/2023) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (05/23/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 46–19 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 23–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Hansen — primary (person)
• Monica Duran — primary (person)
• Shannon Bird — primary (person)
• Steve Fenberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-23T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction
• 2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c660ccc-4d3a-4d69-8e44-332433312f16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).