republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-302.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Veterans' Service-to-career Program"
description: "Current law includes a Colorado veterans' service-to-career program (program), which authorizes nonprofit agencies to partner with work force centers selected by the department of labor and employment to provide veterans and other eligible participants with skills training, internships, work placements, mentorship opportunities, career and professional counseling, and support services. The program requires that if a program participant is eligible for federal funding that federal funding must be used first. The act repeals that requirement. The act requires work force center staff to vet potential program participants and leverage additional funding sources to deliver comprehensive services. Obsolete language related to the program is repealed. The act extends the repeal date for the program to July 1, 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-302"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-302 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Hartsook", "Byron Pelton", "David Ortiz", "Nick Hinrichsen"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da3cfef4-bce2-4d83-b0b0-bc88ad8259c9"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-302"
source_hash: "4afb9e4efcf6b7f57641ce667a8e432f39921d2cb34a4cf6f9c0b6de835a5351"
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 23-302 (2023A) — Colorado Veterans' Service-to-career Program

Current law includes a Colorado veterans' service-to-career program (program), which authorizes nonprofit agencies to partner with work force centers selected by the department of labor and employment to provide veterans and other eligible participants with skills training, internships, work placements, mentorship opportunities, career and professional counseling, and support services. The program requires that if a program participant is eligible for federal funding that federal funding must be used first. The act repeals that requirement. The act requires work force center staff to vet potential program participants and leverage additional funding sources to deliver comprehensive services. Obsolete language related to the program is repealed. The act extends the repeal date for the program to July 1, 2024.

## 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_sb302_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_302_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_302_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_302_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_302_s_sa_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_302_h_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_302_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_302_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_302_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_302_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **61–1** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anthony Hartsook — primary (person)
- Byron Pelton — primary (person)
- David Ortiz — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06T06:00:00+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
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da3cfef4-bce2-4d83-b0b0-bc88ad8259c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).