republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-005.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forestry And Wildfire Mitigation Workforce"
description: "The act directs the Colorado state forest service (state forest service) to consult with other entities to develop educational materials relating to career opportunities in forestry and wildfire mitigation for distribution to high school guidance counselors to provide to high school students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-005"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-005 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Cutter", "Marc Snyder", "Mike Lynch", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c848666-ae5d-4077-a1da-5b9c548ead8f"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-005"
source_hash: "c666400172722ef9ca024c48c9a144446489fff4b8f822a053fea5a4848c865c"
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 SB 23-005 (2023A) — Forestry And Wildfire Mitigation Workforce

The act directs the Colorado state forest service (state forest service) to consult with other entities to develop educational materials relating to career opportunities in forestry and wildfire mitigation for distribution to high school guidance counselors to provide to high school students.

## 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_sb005_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_005_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_005_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_005_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_005_s_agr_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_005_s_agr_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_005_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_005_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_005_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_005_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **23–9** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **59–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Marc Snyder — primary (person)
- Mike Lynch — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+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 Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Pass
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Reconsider
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c848666-ae5d-4077-a1da-5b9c548ead8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).