republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1374.md

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Bill	Judicial Contractor Loan Forgiveness Eligibility	Independent contractors (contractors) were previously ineligible for the federal public service loan forgiveness program (program), which forgives remaining federal student loan liability for government and nonprofit full-time employees after 10 years of qualifying service, but in 2023 the federal government made contractors who perform work for a government agency eligible for the program if the work cannot be performed by a government employee. Three independent judicial agencies, the office of the alternative defense counsel, the office of the child's representative, and the office of respondent parents' counsel (agencies) primarily use contractors to provide legal representation on behalf of the agencies because providing the same services through state employees would create ethical conflicts.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2024A	HB 24-1374	Colorado HB 24-1374 (2024A)	bill		enacted	Dafna Michaelson Jenet Julia Marvin Manny Rutinel	8	13	2	2024-03-12T06:00:00+00:00	2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/31c995ea-1310-49e7-83bc-040699d8c7c3	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1374	5cc01c402d3a4c67e909b329f09f3c22df5d7a41678aeaaf7e9657723da5ee45	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 24-1374 (2024A) — Judicial Contractor Loan Forgiveness Eligibility

Independent contractors (contractors) were previously ineligible for the federal public service loan forgiveness program (program), which forgives remaining federal student loan liability for government and nonprofit full-time employees after 10 years of qualifying service, but in 2023 the federal government made contractors who perform work for a government agency eligible for the program if the work cannot be performed by a government employee. Three independent judicial agencies, the office of the alternative defense counsel, the office of the child's representative, and the office of respondent parents' counsel (agencies) primarily use contractors to provide legal representation on behalf of the agencies because providing the same services through state employees would create ethical conflicts.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/05/2024) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/02/2024) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/12/2024) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (04/08/2024) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (04/23/2024) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (04/22/2024) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (05/15/2024) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 44–16 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 26–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
• Julia Marvin — primary (person)
• Manny Rutinel — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - No Amendments
• 2024-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2024-04-10T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2024-04-08T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-05T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2024-04-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2024-03-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-03-12T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/31c995ea-1310-49e7-83bc-040699d8c7c3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).