republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1051.md

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Bill	Support For Rural Telecommunications Providers	The high cost support mechanism provides high cost support funding to telecommunications and broadband service providers that provide service in high-cost areas of the state. The high cost support mechanism was scheduled to conclude on December 1, 2023. The act continues support funding from the high cost support mechanism to 12 rural telecommunications providers in Colorado until September 1, 2024. The date aligns with the department of regulatory agencies' 2023 sunset review of the high cost support mechanism and the final determination of the high cost support mechanism by the general assembly in 2024.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	HB 23-1051	Colorado HB 23-1051 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Dylan Roberts Meghan Lukens Richard Holtorf Rod Pelton	9	12	2	2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00	2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b629aa43-a47d-42e1-b211-f37c92756ba2	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1051	390b25ddeb62d90bab3b0dde3c050bb278e92c6bc6525767e1ebaed7af59f162	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 23-1051 (2023A) — Support For Rural Telecommunications Providers

The high cost support mechanism provides high cost support funding to telecommunications and broadband service providers that provide service in high-cost areas of the state. The high cost support mechanism was scheduled to conclude on December 1, 2023. The act continues support funding from the high cost support mechanism to 12 rural telecommunications providers in Colorado until September 1, 2024. The date aligns with the department of regulatory agencies' 2023 sunset review of the high cost support mechanism and the final determination of the high cost support mechanism by the general assembly in 2024.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/02/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/16/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/09/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/02/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (02/03/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (03/03/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (03/02/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (03/23/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 58–3 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 33–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
• Meghan Lukens — primary (person)
• Richard Holtorf — primary (person)
• Rod Pelton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-03-15T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-03-03T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-02T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy introduction
• 2023-02-03T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-02T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2023-01-31T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b629aa43-a47d-42e1-b211-f37c92756ba2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).