republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/sb-24-232.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees' Workplace Protections"
description: "The act clarifies existing definitions in the \"Protections for Public Workers Act\", including the definitions of \"employee organization\" and \"public employee\", and applies the clarified definitions in describing public employees' right to engage in\"protected, concerted activity for the purpose of mutual aid or protection\". The act also modifies the scope and applicability of a public employer's authority to limit the protected rights of its employees to the extent necessary to avoid material disruption of a public employee's duties, the employer's operations, or the delivery of public services. The act specifies that disagreement with the content of an employee's expressive activity or a strike by employees is not material disruption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-232"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-232 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brianna Titone", "Robert Rodriguez", "Steven Woodrow", "Tom Sullivan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e27b6b3e-ebb5-4071-a094-899f13d9138d"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-232"
source_hash: "a8a273fd02b068a8485fbab7267dcedcffc99a99ce98081dd887c215f3257249"
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 24-232 (2024A) — Public Employees' Workplace Protections

The act clarifies existing definitions in the "Protections for Public Workers Act", including the definitions of "employee organization" and "public employee", and applies the clarified definitions in describing public employees' right to engage in"protected, concerted activity for the purpose of mutual aid or protection". The act also modifies the scope and applicability of a public employer's authority to limit the protected rights of its employees to the extent necessary to avoid material disruption of a public employee's duties, the employer's operations, or the delivery of public services. The act specifies that disagreement with the content of an employee's expressive activity or a strike by employees is not material disruption.

## 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_sb232_h_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_232_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_232_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_232_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_232_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_232_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_232_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_232_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **46–17** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **25–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brianna Titone — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Steven Woodrow — primary (person)
- Tom Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e27b6b3e-ebb5-4071-a094-899f13d9138d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).