republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-092.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural Producers Use Of Agrivoltaics"
description: "In support of the use of agrivoltaics, which is the integration of solar energy generation facilities with agricultural activities, the act authorizes the agricultural drought and climate resilience office (office) to award grants for new or ongoing demonstration or research projects that demonstrate or study the use of agrivoltaics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-092"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-092 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Hansen", "Cleave Simpson", "Karen McCormick", "Matt Soper"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-30T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c92aac3-c2f4-45ac-8b0a-96aa2227fa88"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-092"
source_hash: "00f78b820142d5eef440cd98d596f0d42f2fc1636b6767d310769da930b3159e"
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 23-092 (2023A) — Agricultural Producers Use Of Agrivoltaics

In support of the use of agrivoltaics, which is the integration of solar energy generation facilities with agricultural activities, the act authorizes the agricultural drought and climate resilience office (office) to award grants for new or ongoing demonstration or research projects that demonstrate or study the use of agrivoltaics.

## 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_sb092_h_app_005.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_092_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_092_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_092_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_092_s_agr_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_092_s_agr_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_092_h_awn_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_092_h_app_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_092_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_092_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_092_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_092_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **50–12** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Karen McCormick — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T07:00:00+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/1c92aac3-c2f4-45ac-8b0a-96aa2227fa88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).