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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Agency Attorney Hourly Rate"
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description: "The act creates a mechanism to set the hourly rate for attorney time for attorneys who contract with the office of alternate defense counsel, the office of the child's representative, or the office of the respondent parents' counsel. The rate for fiscal year 2023-24 is $100 per hour. The hourly rate must be increased annually by no more than $5 each year until it is at least 75% of the rate set in the federal \"Criminal Justice Act Revision of 1986\" for indigent representation in federal court. The hourly rate may be adjusted in subsequent fiscal years to maintain the hourly rate at or above 75% of the rate set in the federal \"Criminal Justice Act Revision of 1986\"."
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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 23-227"
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citation: "Colorado SB 23-227 (2023A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Emily Sirota", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Shannon Bird"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f331d90-9101-4089-a212-0fe6b78e6fef"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-227"
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source_hash: "94472494deec309f6059780d2582c40ebb193b44e43c8191522a47fed219fa1b"
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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 23-227 (2023A) — State Agency Attorney Hourly Rate
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The act creates a mechanism to set the hourly rate for attorney time for attorneys who contract with the office of alternate defense counsel, the office of the child's representative, or the office of the respondent parents' counsel. The rate for fiscal year 2023-24 is $100 per hour. The hourly rate must be increased annually by no more than $5 each year until it is at least 75% of the rate set in the federal "Criminal Justice Act Revision of 1986" for indigent representation in federal court. The hourly rate may be adjusted in subsequent fiscal years to maintain the hourly rate at or above 75% of the rate set in the federal "Criminal Justice Act Revision of 1986".
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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_sb227_h_app_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_227_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_227_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_227_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (03/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_227_s_app_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (03/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_227_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (04/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_227_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (04/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_227_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (04/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_227_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **59–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
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- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
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- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
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- Shannon Bird — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2023-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
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- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `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/6f331d90-9101-4089-a212-0fe6b78e6fef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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