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type: "Bill"
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title: "Affidavit Support Eligibility Public Benefits"
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description: "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."
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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 23-1117"
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citation: "Colorado HB 23-1117 (2023A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Iman Jodeh", "Julie Gonzales", "Lorena Garcia", "Nick Hinrichsen"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-24T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07cf8826-994f-4e15-9d1e-7c7c4b1a006c"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1117"
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source_hash: "799d2c20960051ab3ee088408696873af07bec51fd4cc01f5d20dcda32f75929"
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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 23-1117 (2023A) — Affidavit Support Eligibility Public Benefits
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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.
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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_hb1117_s_hhs_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (02/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1117_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_1117_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1117_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (02/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1117_h_pbh_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (02/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1117_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (03/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1117_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (03/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1117_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1117_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **45–19** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **21–12** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Iman Jodeh — primary (person)
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- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
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- Lorena Garcia — primary (person)
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- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+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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- **2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **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`
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- **2023-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
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- **2023-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **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`
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- **2023-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `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/07cf8826-994f-4e15-9d1e-7c7c4b1a006c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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