republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-251.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revoke Driver's License Appeal Attorney General"
description: "The act changes the legal representative for the department of revenue (department) in driver's license and identification card denial, cancellation, suspension, and revocation appeals. Under existing law, upon request of the attorney general, a district attorney represents the department in such appeals. On and after 3 specified dates that are designated for 3 groups of judicial districts, the act requires the attorney general to represent the department in all such appeals. The attorney general may appear for such an appeal hearing by telephone, video teleconference, or any other court-authorized means of electronic participation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-251"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-251 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "Janice Rich", "Lindsey Daugherty", "Rose Pugliese"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8fac949-8df3-461f-8f75-a82f5f96a39e"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-251"
source_hash: "40763ed50b962b47ff84e910590a190bf33ccf472b460dffb6e27193c17f7e6a"
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 23-251 (2023A) — Revoke Driver's License Appeal Attorney General

The act changes the legal representative for the department of revenue (department) in driver's license and identification card denial, cancellation, suspension, and revocation appeals. Under existing law, upon request of the attorney general, a district attorney represents the department in such appeals. On and after 3 specified dates that are designated for 3 groups of judicial districts, the act requires the attorney general to represent the department in all such appeals. The attorney general may appear for such an appeal hearing by telephone, video teleconference, or any other court-authorized means of electronic participation.

## 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_sb251_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_251_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_251_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_251_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_251_s_app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_251_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_251_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_251_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_251_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **62–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)
- Rose Pugliese — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8fac949-8df3-461f-8f75-a82f5f96a39e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).