republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1030.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Direct-hire Fee Health-care Staff Agency"
description: "In a contract between a supplemental health-care staffing agency (staffing agency) and a health-care worker or health-care facility for the placement of a licensed or certified nursing professional, the act prohibits the staffing agency from requiring payment for liquidated damages, employment fees, or other compensation (contract compensation) to the staffing agency if the health care facility hires the health-care worker as a permanent employee prior to or after the termination of the contract with the staffing agency; except that the prohibition does not apply to contract compensation attributable to and chargeable for a 30-calendar-day period commencing when the health-care worker is first placed at the health-care facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1030"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1030 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily Sirota", "Matt Soper", "Nick Hinrichsen"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3791565e-7d1e-470b-b783-39cac476247c"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1030"
source_hash: "a4e8e975e88f2902f8149affad855dd23c1da37f5c1756841735830a3f93538f"
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 23-1030 (2023A) — Prohibit Direct-hire Fee Health-care Staff Agency

In a contract between a supplemental health-care staffing agency (staffing agency) and a health-care worker or health-care facility for the placement of a licensed or certified nursing professional, the act prohibits the staffing agency from requiring payment for liquidated damages, employment fees, or other compensation (contract compensation) to the staffing agency if the health care facility hires the health-care worker as a permanent employee prior to or after the termination of the contract with the staffing agency; except that the prohibition does not apply to contract compensation attributable to and chargeable for a 30-calendar-day period commencing when the health-care worker is first placed at the health-care facility.

## 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_hb1030_s_blt_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1030_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1030_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1030_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1030_h_hi_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1030_s_blt_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1030_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1030_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1030_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1030_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPT — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **24–10** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **51–10** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **22–11** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **52–12** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CCR — **22–11** (pass) · upper
- NOT CNCR — **60–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2023-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/16/2023 - No Amendments
- **2023-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2023-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3791565e-7d1e-470b-b783-39cac476247c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).