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type: "Bill"
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title: "Department Of Corrections Earned Time For College Program Completion"
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description: "The act requires the department of corrections (department) to, for an inmate who was sentenced for a nonviolent felony offense, deduct earned time from the inmate's sentence for each accredited degree or other credential awarded by an institution of higher education to the inmate while the inmate is incarcerated or on parole, in the following amounts:"
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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 23-1037"
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citation: "Colorado HB 23-1037 (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", "Matthew Martinez", "Rose Pugliese"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eff475df-8e79-4d17-a700-196e550fb2a6"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1037"
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source_hash: "a736f6292f44ebf6b45eafcf3d2dadb9f7c295587c8fc3b6b57bf45212f16fbf"
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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 23-1037 (2023A) — Department Of Corrections Earned Time For College Program Completion
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The act requires the department of corrections (department) to, for an inmate who was sentenced for a nonviolent felony offense, deduct earned time from the inmate's sentence for each accredited degree or other credential awarded by an institution of higher education to the inmate while the inmate is incarcerated or on parole, in the following amounts:
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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_hb1037_s_jud_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (02/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1037_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (04/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1037_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_1037_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (02/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1037_h_jud_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (03/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1037_s_jud_01.pdf)
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7. **Reengrossed (02/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1037_ren.pdf)
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8. **Rerevised (03/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1037_rer.pdf)
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9. **Revised (03/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1037_rev.pdf)
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10. **Signed Act (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1037_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **61–1** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **28–6** (pass) · upper
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- CONCUR — **59–1** (pass) · lower
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- REPASS — **57–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
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- Matthew Martinez — primary (person)
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- Rose Pugliese — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2023-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2023-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2023-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended 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/eff475df-8e79-4d17-a700-196e550fb2a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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