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type: "Bill"
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title: "Alternate Defense Counsel Contracts"
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description: "Current law directs the office of alternate defense counsel (office) to contract with attorneys and investigators to provide legal representation to clients who are indigent. The act directs the office to also contract with other persons who are necessary to provide legal services to persons who are indigent. The act requires that the legal services provided by attorneys and other persons must be commensurate with the legal services that persons who are not indigent receive."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2023A"
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identifier: "HB 23-1033"
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citation: "Colorado HB 23-1033 (2023A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Junie Joseph", "Said Sharbini"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-03-03T07:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7055d3e2-fcbe-4f3c-81ef-b0eb2440f316"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1033"
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source_hash: "1b1212f70f48ddb241daf0dc8129af76ef242e2cddf34049bf2e025b1b4ff6dd"
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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 HB 23-1033 (2023A) — Alternate Defense Counsel Contracts
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Current law directs the office of alternate defense counsel (office) to contract with attorneys and investigators to provide legal representation to clients who are indigent. The act directs the office to also contract with other persons who are necessary to provide legal services to persons who are indigent. The act requires that the legal services provided by attorneys and other persons must be commensurate with the legal services that persons who are not indigent receive.
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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](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_hb1033_h_jud_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (01/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1033_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (02/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1033_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1033_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (01/31/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1033_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (02/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1033_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (02/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1033_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (03/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1033_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **55–7** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
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- Junie Joseph — primary (person)
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- Said Sharbini — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2023-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2023-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2023-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2023-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 01/30/2023 - No Amendments
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- **2023-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `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/7055d3e2-fcbe-4f3c-81ef-b0eb2440f316`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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