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type: "Bill"
title: "Support For Rural Telecommunications Providers"
description: "The high cost support mechanism provides high cost support funding to telecommunications and broadband service providers that provide service in high-cost areas of the state. The high cost support mechanism was scheduled to conclude on December 1, 2023. The act continues support funding from the high cost support mechanism to 12 rural telecommunications providers in Colorado until September 1, 2024. The date aligns with the department of regulatory agencies' 2023 sunset review of the high cost support mechanism and the final determination of the high cost support mechanism by the general assembly in 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1051"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1051 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "Meghan Lukens", "Richard Holtorf", "Rod Pelton"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b629aa43-a47d-42e1-b211-f37c92756ba2"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1051"
source_hash: "390b25ddeb62d90bab3b0dde3c050bb278e92c6bc6525767e1ebaed7af59f162"
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 23-1051 (2023A) — Support For Rural Telecommunications Providers
The high cost support mechanism provides high cost support funding to telecommunications and broadband service providers that provide service in high-cost areas of the state. The high cost support mechanism was scheduled to conclude on December 1, 2023. The act continues support funding from the high cost support mechanism to 12 rural telecommunications providers in Colorado until September 1, 2024. The date aligns with the department of regulatory agencies' 2023 sunset review of the high cost support mechanism and the final determination of the high cost support mechanism by the general assembly in 2024.
## 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_hb1051_s_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1051_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1051_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1051_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1051_h_thl_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1051_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1051_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1051_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1051_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **58–3** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Meghan Lukens — primary (person)
- Richard Holtorf — primary (person)
- Rod Pelton — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2023-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **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 Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b629aa43-a47d-42e1-b211-f37c92756ba2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).