republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1139.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modification Of Rural Counties Officer Salary Categories"
description: "Current law categorizes each county for purposes of establishing the salaries of elected officials in the county. The statutory salary amounts are adjusted every 2 years for inflation and take effect for terms commencing after any change is made. The bill modifies the categories of 9 counties (Archuleta, Delta, Eagle, Grand, Las Animas, Ouray, Pitkin, Saguache, and Summit) with an accompanying percentage increase in salary for the counties' elected officials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1139"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1139 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleave Simpson", "Matthew Martinez"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-31T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56db95ec-7e47-43c5-8d82-b1badddc5023"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1139"
source_hash: "028b7903c974dcc5643a69e449ca4dfa06666e1abe831b186c3fa167097be9d1"
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 23-1139 (2023A) — Modification Of Rural Counties Officer Salary Categories

Current law categorizes each county for purposes of establishing the salaries of elected officials in the county. The statutory salary amounts are adjusted every 2 years for inflation and take effect for terms commencing after any change is made. The bill modifies the categories of 9 counties (Archuleta, Delta, Eagle, Grand, Las Animas, Ouray, Pitkin, Saguache, and Summit) with an accompanying percentage increase in salary for the counties' elected officials.

## 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_hb1139_s_lgh_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1139_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1139_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/31/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1139_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1139_h_thl_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1139_s_lgh_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1139_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1139_rer.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (2) (03/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1139_rr2.pdf)
10. **Revised (03/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1139_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (03/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1139_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **62–3** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **53–7** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **58–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Matthew Martinez — 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
- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing `introduction`
- **2023-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T07:00:00+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/56db95ec-7e47-43c5-8d82-b1badddc5023`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).