republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-220.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public School Capital Construction Assistance Grants"
description: "During the 2021 legislative session, the general assembly transferred $10 million from the general fund to the public school capital construction assistance fund (fund) and appropriated this money for air quality improvement grants for schools. Of the money transferred and appropriated for air quality improvement grants, $4,705,220 remains in the fund and has not been distributed. The appropriation for fiscal year 2021-22 has expired. The act specifies that the unspent money transferred and appropriated for air quality improvement grants must not be used for air quality improvement grants and instead must be used for financial assistance as provided in the \"Building Excellent Schools Today Act\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-220"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-220 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Emily Sirota", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c43a61b-e9b9-4d18-a81a-00c9a7c241d6"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-220"
source_hash: "b09018cc9e577c9bbcea68398de8bacec856a287133abf4357ef33357441de3c"
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 23-220 (2023A) — Public School Capital Construction Assistance Grants

During the 2021 legislative session, the general assembly transferred $10 million from the general fund to the public school capital construction assistance fund (fund) and appropriated this money for air quality improvement grants for schools. Of the money transferred and appropriated for air quality improvement grants, $4,705,220 remains in the fund and has not been distributed. The appropriation for fiscal year 2021-22 has expired. The act specifies that the unspent money transferred and appropriated for air quality improvement grants must not be used for air quality improvement grants and instead must be used for financial assistance as provided in the "Building Excellent Schools Today Act".

## 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_sb220_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_220_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_220_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_220_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_220_s_app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_220_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_220_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_220_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_220_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- NOT CONCUR APPT CC — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CCR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BYD SCP — **60–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2023-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c43a61b-e9b9-4d18-a81a-00c9a7c241d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).