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type: "Bill"
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title: "Protecting Opportunities And Workers' Rights Act"
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description: "For purposes of addressing discriminatory or unfair employment practices pursuant to Colorado's anti-discrimination laws, the act enacts the \"Protecting Opportunities and Workers' Rights (POWR) Act\", which:"
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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 23-172"
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citation: "Colorado SB 23-172 (2023A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Jennifer Bacon", "Julie Gonzales", "Mike Weissman"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed8b483c-f3b3-484f-a8ee-d270121c23bd"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-172"
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source_hash: "3faeeb4d3da638ee1df4947bb9793416a9cc714bec361213eb7f4635a86a9a37"
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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 23-172 (2023A) — Protecting Opportunities And Workers' Rights Act
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For purposes of addressing discriminatory or unfair employment practices pursuant to Colorado's anti-discrimination laws, the act enacts the "Protecting Opportunities and Workers' Rights (POWR) Act", which:
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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_sb172_h_app_004.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (02/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (04/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_s_jud_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_s_jud_app_01.pdf)
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7. **PA3 (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_h_app_01.pdf)
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8. **Reengrossed (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_ren.pdf)
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9. **Rerevised (04/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_rer.pdf)
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10. **Revised (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_172_rev.pdf)
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11. **Signed Act (06/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_172_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **43–22** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- REPASS — **23–12** (pass) · upper
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- AMEND — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Faith Winter — primary (person)
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- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
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- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
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- Mike Weissman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2023-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-27T07:00:00+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/ed8b483c-f3b3-484f-a8ee-d270121c23bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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