republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1118.md

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Bill	Authority of Attorney General to Operate District Attorney's Office	The attorney general is authorized to appear for the state and prosecute and defend all actions and proceedings, civil and criminal, in which the state is a party or is interested when required to do so by the governor. In these circumstances, the act allows the attorney general to also expend funds, manage staff, and perform other administrative functions essential for the operation of a district attorney's office. If it is essential during this time for the attorney general to hire personnel, while the attorney general has the ultimate authority regarding hiring decisions, a committee consisting of the attorney general, a representative from the Colorado district attorneys' council, and the highest ranking attorney or official at the district attorney's office shall make recommendations regarding hiring decisions that the attorney general must consider.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2024A	HB 24-1118	Colorado HB 24-1118 (2024A)	bill		enacted	Bob Gardner Dylan Roberts Junie Joseph	8	12	3	2024-01-26T07:00:00+00:00	2024-04-17T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1da6af61-1733-4b84-97a4-1a01c18a60f4	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1118	4e757158514836746f00e902449b6c3df9708e5762079613fdc89a777ee6f497	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 24-1118 (2024A) — Authority of Attorney General to Operate District Attorney's Office

The attorney general is authorized to appear for the state and prosecute and defend all actions and proceedings, civil and criminal, in which the state is a party or is interested when required to do so by the governor. In these circumstances, the act allows the attorney general to also expend funds, manage staff, and perform other administrative functions essential for the operation of a district attorney's office. If it is essential during this time for the attorney general to hire personnel, while the attorney general has the ultimate authority regarding hiring decisions, a committee consisting of the attorney general, a representative from the Colorado district attorneys' council, and the highest ranking attorney or official at the district attorney's office shall make recommendations regarding hiring decisions that the attorney general must consider.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/09/2024) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/12/2024) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/26/2024) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (02/12/2024) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (03/22/2024) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (03/21/2024) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (04/17/2024) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 31–2 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 49–15 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Bob Gardner — primary (person)
• Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
• Junie Joseph — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2024-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2024-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2024-03-18T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-02-13T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-09T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-01-26T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1da6af61-1733-4b84-97a4-1a01c18a60f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).