republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-269.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Preschool Program Provider Bonus Payments"
description: "The act creates the Colorado universal preschool program provider participation bonus program (bonus program). The bonus program requires a one-time bonus payment to any eligible preschool provider (provider) that participates in the preschool program established in the department of early childhood (department). The department can award additional bonus payments to eligible recipients that maintain or increase their licensed capacity to serve infants and toddlers between April 1, 2022, and April 1, 2024. Subject to available appropriations, the department shall also award bonus payments to eligible recipients located in low-capacity preschool areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-269"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-269 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janet Buckner", "Janice Rich", "Mary Bradfield", "Meghan Lukens"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1236f3e-9e30-4bbb-87b4-66b8f83814d8"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-269"
source_hash: "a0fd5970b7b4f2275f8fe03d4a19651052278b1ba0ffe926bc0405b19cb509b4"
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 23-269 (2023A) — Colorado Preschool Program Provider Bonus Payments

The act creates the Colorado universal preschool program provider participation bonus program (bonus program). The bonus program requires a one-time bonus payment to any eligible preschool provider (provider) that participates in the preschool program established in the department of early childhood (department). The department can award additional bonus payments to eligible recipients that maintain or increase their licensed capacity to serve infants and toddlers between April 1, 2022, and April 1, 2024. Subject to available appropriations, the department shall also award bonus payments to eligible recipients located in low-capacity preschool areas.

## 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_sb269_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_269_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_269_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_269_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_269_s_app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_269_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_269_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_269_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_269_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **50–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- Mary Bradfield — primary (person)
- Meghan Lukens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-02T06:00:00+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
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1236f3e-9e30-4bbb-87b4-66b8f83814d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).