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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sunset Defense Counsel First Appearance Program"
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description: "The act continues the defense counsel on first appearance grant program until September 1, 2028, subject to sunset review by the department of regulatory agencies."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2023A"
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identifier: "SB 23-072"
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citation: "Colorado SB 23-072 (2023A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Elisabeth Epps", "Matt Soper", "Robert Rodriguez"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/119674ff-609a-4593-b10b-be05e2ecbd84"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-072"
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source_hash: "4d3c366c18ba6024f4876f6abc506c6f767eb807fdc787b9dc6ec54d0ba7a004"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado SB 23-072 (2023A) — Sunset Defense Counsel First Appearance Program
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The act continues the defense counsel on first appearance grant program until September 1, 2028, subject to sunset review by the department of regulatory agencies.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_sb072_h_app_002.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_072_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_072_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_072_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (03/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_072_s_app_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_072_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_072_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_072_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (05/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_072_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **54–10** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **20–12** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Elisabeth Epps — primary (person)
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- Matt Soper — primary (person)
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- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/119674ff-609a-4593-b10b-be05e2ecbd84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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