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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Wild Horse Project"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-275"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-275 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joann Ginal", "Mike Lynch", "Monica Duran", "Perry Will"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb3eb646-ee80-4fc8-90b7-4c8f58e01ce3"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-275"
source_hash: "24a4e64cc3dc3d9ad7810b3381d928d53e41c9f57c63eb299a698a5abb590531"
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 23-275 (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](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_sb275_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_275_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_275_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_275_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_275_s_agr_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_275_s_agr_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_275_h_awn_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_275_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_275_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_275_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_275_signed.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb3eb646-ee80-4fc8-90b7-4c8f58e01ce3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).