republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1234.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Streamlined Solar Permitting And Inspection Grants"
description: "The act creates the streamlined solar permitting and inspection grant program (program) in the Colorado energy office (office), which will grant money to local governments to implement free automated permitting and inspection software for residential solar projects. To fund the program, the act creates the streamlined solar permitting and inspection cash fund (fund), which is annually appropriated to the office, and appropriates $992,709 from the general fund to the fund for fiscal year 2023-24."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1234"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1234 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "Kyle Brown", "Matt Soper", "Perry Will"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-11T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c30afdd7-3d4a-4443-ac74-37904cc5c861"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1234"
source_hash: "9f9bc8114d9dc939a10b9955ecc38d058f86729465e7962cc559bf9d85bf7e93"
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 23-1234 (2023A) — Streamlined Solar Permitting And Inspection Grants

The act creates the streamlined solar permitting and inspection grant program (program) in the Colorado energy office (office), which will grant money to local governments to implement free automated permitting and inspection software for residential solar projects. To fund the program, the act creates the streamlined solar permitting and inspection cash fund (fund), which is annually appropriated to the office, and appropriates $992,709 from the general fund to the fund for fiscal year 2023-24.

## 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_hb1234_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1234_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1234_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1234_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1234_h_ene_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1234_h_ene_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1234_s_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1234_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1234_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1234_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1234_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **53–10** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **53–8** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **54–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Kyle Brown — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c30afdd7-3d4a-4443-ac74-37904cc5c861`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).