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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authority of Attorney General to Operate District Attorney's Office"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1118"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1118 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Dylan Roberts", "Junie Joseph"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-26T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1da6af61-1733-4b84-97a4-1a01c18a60f4"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1118"
source_hash: "4e757158514836746f00e902449b6c3df9708e5762079613fdc89a777ee6f497"
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 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](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_hb1118_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/09/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1118_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1118_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1118_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1118_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1118_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/21/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1118_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/17/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1118_signed.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1da6af61-1733-4b84-97a4-1a01c18a60f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).