republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-275.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Colorado Wild Horse Project	The act authorizes the department of agriculture (department) to create the Colorado wild horse management project (wild horse project) as a nonprofit, state-owned corporate entity that manages and operates programs benefitting wild horses and supports wild horse management. The director of the wild horse project will be selected by a committee of the governor, the commissioner of agriculture, the executive director of the department of natural resources, the majority leader of the house of representatives, and the minority leader of the senate. The wild horse project has the same powers as a nonprofit corporate entity. Until December 31, 2027, the department must annually report on the project to the governor, the joint budget committee, and the appropriate joint legislative committee at the department's "SMART Act" hearings.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	SB 23-275	Colorado SB 23-275 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Joann Ginal Mike Lynch Monica Duran Perry Will	11	16	4	2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00	2023-05-20T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/cb3eb646-ee80-4fc8-90b7-4c8f58e01ce3	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-275	24a4e64cc3dc3d9ad7810b3381d928d53e41c9f57c63eb299a698a5abb590531	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 23-275 (2023A) — Colorado Wild Horse Project

The act authorizes the department of agriculture (department) to create the Colorado wild horse management project (wild horse project) as a nonprofit, state-owned corporate entity that manages and operates programs benefitting wild horses and supports wild horse management. The director of the wild horse project will be selected by a committee of the governor, the commissioner of agriculture, the executive director of the department of natural resources, the majority leader of the house of representatives, and the minority leader of the senate. The wild horse project has the same powers as a nonprofit corporate entity. Until December 31, 2027, the department must annually report on the project to the governor, the joint budget committee, and the appropriate joint legislative committee at the department's "SMART Act" hearings.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/26/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/17/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/11/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/21/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/26/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (05/04/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (04/27/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (05/06/2023) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (05/04/2023) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (05/20/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 30–5 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 58–7 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• REPASS — 27–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Joann Ginal — primary (person)
• Mike Lynch — primary (person)
• Monica Duran — primary (person)
• Perry Will — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-20T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources introduction
• 2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb3eb646-ee80-4fc8-90b7-4c8f58e01ce3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).