republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1008.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food Accessibility"
description: "Section 2 of the act appropriates $250,000 to the prevention services division (division) within the department of public health and environment to partner with a statewide nonprofit organization to provide healthy eating program incentives among low-income populations in the state and must attempt to improve access to fresh Colorado-grown fruits and vegetables among low-income populations in the state. The nonprofit organization that the division selects for partnership must have experience in supporting healthy eating incentives programs and experience with coordinating healthy eating programs and funding between local, state, and federal programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1008"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1008 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Weissman", "Nick Hinrichsen", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b429f951-2e57-4521-b2fc-d98d3a892504"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1008"
source_hash: "f8f41663901904590e001d12cc8ddba0e8461af5aff5c0eed54c784a224815ff"
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 HB 23-1008 (2023A) — Food Accessibility

Section 2 of the act appropriates $250,000 to the prevention services division (division) within the department of public health and environment to partner with a statewide nonprofit organization to provide healthy eating program incentives among low-income populations in the state and must attempt to improve access to fresh Colorado-grown fruits and vegetables among low-income populations in the state. The nonprofit organization that the division selects for partnership must have experience in supporting healthy eating incentives programs and experience with coordinating healthy eating programs and funding between local, state, and federal programs.

## 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/2023a_hb1008_s_app_005.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1008_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1008_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1008_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1008_h_fin_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1008_h_fin_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1008_s_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (03/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1008_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1008_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1008_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1008_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **48–15** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **44–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **44–18** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Weissman — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-02T06:00:00+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
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/b429f951-2e57-4521-b2fc-d98d3a892504`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).