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type: "Bill"
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title: "Department Of Military And Veterans Affairs Awards"
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description: "The act creates the Colorado legion of merit medal, which may be awarded by the department of military and veterans affairs (department) to any person who has rendered service in a clearly exceptional, unprecedented, or superior manner. The act makes changes regarding eligibility and criteria for certain medals awarded by the department and repeals awards that are duplicative of other department or federal awards."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2020A"
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identifier: "SB 20-082"
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citation: "Colorado SB 20-082 (2020A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Hisey", "Lois Landgraf", "Nancy Todd", "Susan Lontine"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-01-13T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9724b1cc-dd2f-4545-b930-4a7e80a4c608"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-082"
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source_hash: "3eb836891242eda7ee6b858ce10d780d2ea6307d64bb3e616dc841a96e5c7784"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado SB 20-082 (2020A) — Department Of Military And Veterans Affairs Awards
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The act creates the Colorado legion of merit medal, which may be awarded by the department of military and veterans affairs (department) to any person who has rendered service in a clearly exceptional, unprecedented, or superior manner. The act makes changes regarding eligibility and criteria for certain medals awarded by the department and repeals awards that are duplicative of other department or federal awards.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_sb082_h_sa_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (01/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_082_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (03/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_082_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_082_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (01/31/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_082_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (03/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_082_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (02/28/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_082_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (03/20/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_082_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **61–0** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
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- Lois Landgraf — primary (person)
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- Nancy Todd — primary (person)
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- Susan Lontine — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2020-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2020-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2020-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
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- **2020-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9724b1cc-dd2f-4545-b930-4a7e80a4c608`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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