republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-052.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal Priority Lien Surviving Treasurer's Deed"
description: "The law allows a municipality to levy a lien against real property for costs associated with removing weeds, brush, and other rubbish from the property. Such a lien has priority over other liens, except liens for general taxes and prior special assessments imposed by a municipality. A municipal clerk may certify such a lien to a county treasurer for collection. The act requires a county treasurer to accept such a municipal lien for collection if a municipality records a notice of lien within 4 months of abating the nuisance and certifies the amount of the unpaid assessment for which the lien was levied to the county treasurer within one year of recording the notice of lien."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-052"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-052 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Martinez", "Nick Hinrichsen", "Tisha Mauro"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9b52cf0-6f9b-48a6-8a4a-3d190540fce9"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-052"
source_hash: "58a90671be83fadb70e759f06cdfb2af433d49fe17ec8c178b88bd9c12399806"
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 23-052 (2023A) — Municipal Priority Lien Surviving Treasurer's Deed

The law allows a municipality to levy a lien against real property for costs associated with removing weeds, brush, and other rubbish from the property. Such a lien has priority over other liens, except liens for general taxes and prior special assessments imposed by a municipality. A municipal clerk may certify such a lien to a county treasurer for collection. The act requires a county treasurer to accept such a municipal lien for collection if a municipality records a notice of lien within 4 months of abating the nuisance and certifies the amount of the unpaid assessment for which the lien was levied to the county treasurer within one year of recording the notice of lien.

## 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_sb052_h_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_052_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_052_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_052_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_052_s_fin_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_052_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_052_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_052_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_052_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **47–17** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matthew Martinez — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)
- Tisha Mauro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/21/2023 - No Amendments
- **2023-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9b52cf0-6f9b-48a6-8a4a-3d190540fce9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).