republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1245.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Campaign Practices For Municipal Elections"
description: "The law regulating campaign finance did not set limits on contributions to candidates for municipal elected office. For municipal elections held on or after January 1, 2024, the act sets aggregate limits on contributions to candidates for municipal office from persons, including any political party and excluding any small donor committee, for any election cycle in the amount of $400. The act sets aggregate limits on contributions to candidates for municipal office from small donor committees for any election cycle in the amount of $4,000. The act subjects the new contribution limits to existing statutory provisions governing the disclosure of campaign contributions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1245"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1245 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Parenti", "Jenny Willford", "Kevin Priola", "Robert Rodriguez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52ecd042-e914-4c10-bc63-11cd3bc5941b"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1245"
source_hash: "4818606a330cdd2feb2084ba3afe12811cf7b7c879597fd648d30132836e188f"
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 23-1245 (2023A) — Campaign Practices For Municipal Elections

The law regulating campaign finance did not set limits on contributions to candidates for municipal elected office. For municipal elections held on or after January 1, 2024, the act sets aggregate limits on contributions to candidates for municipal office from persons, including any political party and excluding any small donor committee, for any election cycle in the amount of $400. The act sets aggregate limits on contributions to candidates for municipal office from small donor committees for any election cycle in the amount of $4,000. The act subjects the new contribution limits to existing statutory provisions governing the disclosure of campaign contributions.

## 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_hb1245_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1245_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1245_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1245_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1245_h_sa_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1245_s_sa_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1245_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1245_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1245_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1245_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **45–16** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **48–12** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **43–20** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **55–6** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **45–18** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jennifer Parenti — primary (person)
- Jenny Willford — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+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** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52ecd042-e914-4c10-bc63-11cd3bc5941b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).