republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1117.md

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Bill	Affidavit Support Eligibility Public Benefits	The act eliminates the requirement for a person who is lawfully residing in the state, a legal immigrant who is a resident of the state, or a documented individual to refrain from executing an affidavit of support for the purpose of sponsoring a documented individual while the person is receiving public services or medical assistance.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	HB 23-1117	Colorado HB 23-1117 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Iman Jodeh Julie Gonzales Lorena Garcia Nick Hinrichsen	9	14	2	2023-01-24T07:00:00+00:00	2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/07cf8826-994f-4e15-9d1e-7c7c4b1a006c	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1117	799d2c20960051ab3ee088408696873af07bec51fd4cc01f5d20dcda32f75929	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 23-1117 (2023A) — Affidavit Support Eligibility Public Benefits

The act eliminates the requirement for a person who is lawfully residing in the state, a legal immigrant who is a resident of the state, or a documented individual to refrain from executing an affidavit of support for the purpose of sponsoring a documented individual while the person is receiving public services or medical assistance.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/13/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/03/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/24/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/09/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (02/14/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (03/27/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (03/23/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (04/11/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 45–19 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 21–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Iman Jodeh — primary (person)
• Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
• Lorena Garcia — primary (person)
• Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2023-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-02-15T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction
• 2023-02-14T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-13T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-01-24T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07cf8826-994f-4e15-9d1e-7c7c4b1a006c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).