republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-255.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wolf Depredation Compensation Fund"
description: "The act creates the wolf depredation compensation fund (fund) to compensate landowners and agricultural producers for wolf depredation of livestock and working animals. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, the state treasurer is directed to transfer $175,000 from the general fund to the fund, and for each state fiscal year thereafter, the state treasurer is directed to transfer $350,000 from the general fund to the fund. At the end of the 2023-24 and 2024-25 state fiscal years, any unencumbered balance in the fund that exceeds $100,000 is used to implement the gray wolf restoration and management plan (plan). At the end of subsequent state fiscal years, any unencumbered balance in the fund that exceeds 120% of the amount spent from the fund in the previous state fiscal year is used to implement the plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-255"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-255 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "Julie McCluskie", "Marc Catlin", "Perry Will"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b422d216-d3f2-4de9-860c-6d78b5fbde36"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-255"
source_hash: "feb63b6d7d91cc00a00644013c8ea45d0bb71d3c0b05d07ea2e42ff71bd2a8a1"
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 23-255 (2023A) — Wolf Depredation Compensation Fund

The act creates the wolf depredation compensation fund (fund) to compensate landowners and agricultural producers for wolf depredation of livestock and working animals. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, the state treasurer is directed to transfer $175,000 from the general fund to the fund, and for each state fiscal year thereafter, the state treasurer is directed to transfer $350,000 from the general fund to the fund. At the end of the 2023-24 and 2024-25 state fiscal years, any unencumbered balance in the fund that exceeds $100,000 is used to implement the gray wolf restoration and management plan (plan). At the end of subsequent state fiscal years, any unencumbered balance in the fund that exceeds 120% of the amount spent from the fund in the previous state fiscal year is used to implement the plan.

## 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_sb255_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_255_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_255_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_255_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/31/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_255_s_agr_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_255_s_agr_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_255_h_awn_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_255_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_255_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_255_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_255_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T06:00:00+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/b422d216-d3f2-4de9-860c-6d78b5fbde36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).