republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-013.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire Investigations"
description: "The act directs the director of the division of fire prevention and control (division) within the department of public safety to report on the investigation of wildland fires in the state and creates the fire investigation fund to fund fire investigations. The money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, and the division must prioritize money in the fund for wildland fire investigations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-013"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-013 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joann Ginal", "Lisa Cutter", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccd1de0b-1651-4113-8190-71f507b74d47"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-013"
source_hash: "60e960ad457fa931b7f6917103169bc370b297525e902811a4744b4b2efb66a5"
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 23-013 (2023A) — Fire Investigations

The act directs the director of the division of fire prevention and control (division) within the department of public safety to report on the investigation of wildland fires in the state and creates the fire investigation fund to fund fire investigations. The money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, and the division must prioritize money in the fund for wildland fire investigations.

## 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_sb013_h_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_013_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_013_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_013_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_013_s_agr_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_013_s_agr_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_013_h_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_013_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_013_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_013_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_013_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **23–9** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **53–10** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — 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
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+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`
- **2023-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10T07:00:00+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/ccd1de0b-1651-4113-8190-71f507b74d47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).