republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1036.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nontoxic Bullet Replacement Hunting Program"
description: "The act creates the nontoxic bullet pilot program (pilot program), which allows individuals who meet the qualifications to receive vouchers that offset the cost of purchasing hunting rounds that have nonlead bullets. The pilot program will focus on areas where the exposure of wildlife populations to spent lead bullets is of special or potential concern. The division of parks and wildlife (division) will work with one or more willing nongovernmental entities to determine the scope and collect the results of the pilot program. The division may work with nongovernmental entities to develop educational materials and range demonstrations relating to the pilot program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1036"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1036 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Lisa Cutter"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bff80d7-e751-4b48-ab11-1bdce7d94e97"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1036"
source_hash: "d8e6cbf842818c9bd7f10fdba32208d77527550090b586fbe1627302a802e8ed"
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 23-1036 (2023A) — Nontoxic Bullet Replacement Hunting Program

The act creates the nontoxic bullet pilot program (pilot program), which allows individuals who meet the qualifications to receive vouchers that offset the cost of purchasing hunting rounds that have nonlead bullets. The pilot program will focus on areas where the exposure of wildlife populations to spent lead bullets is of special or potential concern. The division of parks and wildlife (division) will work with one or more willing nongovernmental entities to determine the scope and collect the results of the pilot program. The division may work with nongovernmental entities to develop educational materials and range demonstrations relating to the pilot program.

## 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_hb1036_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1036_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1036_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1036_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1036_h_awn_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1036_h_awn_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1036_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1036_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1036_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1036_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **46–18** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **16–47** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **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 - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7bff80d7-e751-4b48-ab11-1bdce7d94e97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).