republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1212.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Promotion Of Apprenticeships"
description: "The act directs the office of future of work (office) in the department of labor and employment (department) to create a two-year apprenticeship navigator pilot program (program) with 2 full-time apprenticeship navigators, with each apprenticeship navigator assigned to a different school district selected by the office. The purpose of the program is to increase awareness of registered apprenticeship programs among graduating high school students in the selected school districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1212"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1212 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kolker", "Eliza Hamrick", "Jessie Danielson", "Sheila Lieder"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-21T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-16T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dba0587e-07e0-49bf-b6dd-85e738fdbf09"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1212"
source_hash: "79c1d94b45bd3bc55c3fbee4a343af29168bd34c663f7c8d4b014c20ba7875ae"
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 23-1212 (2023A) — Promotion Of Apprenticeships

The act directs the office of future of work (office) in the department of labor and employment (department) to create a two-year apprenticeship navigator pilot program (program) with 2 full-time apprenticeship navigators, with each apprenticeship navigator assigned to a different school district selected by the office. The purpose of the program is to increase awareness of registered apprenticeship programs among graduating high school students in the selected school districts.

## 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_hb1212_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1212_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1212_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1212_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1212_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1212_h_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1212_s_ed_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1212_rn2.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1212_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1212_rv2.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1212_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **55–7** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **59–4** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **23–10** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **52–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Kolker — primary (person)
- Eliza Hamrick — primary (person)
- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
- Sheila Lieder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2023-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dba0587e-07e0-49bf-b6dd-85e738fdbf09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).