republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1185.md

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Bill	Requirements For Recall Elections And Vacancies	Sections 1 through 5 of the act clarify the procedure for filling a vacancy in a municipal elected office. When a vacancy occurs, the governing body shall appoint an eligible elector or call a special election within 60 days. If the governing body lacks sufficient members to reach a quorum, the clerk of the governing body is authorized to call a special election to fill the vacancy.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	HB 23-1185	Colorado HB 23-1185 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Lindsey Daugherty Robert Rodriguez Steven Woodrow	8	14	2	2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00	2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/8b48c67b-9e9b-4b0a-9a54-f75e1c902fa4	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1185	992a13a3397a19726febdd7353b1dfa03d01b3a8d92809df0f86c7c6158f45da	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 23-1185 (2023A) — Requirements For Recall Elections And Vacancies

Sections 1 through 5 of the act clarify the procedure for filling a vacancy in a municipal elected office. When a vacancy occurs, the governing body shall appoint an eligible elector or call a special election within 60 days. If the governing body lacks sufficient members to reach a quorum, the clerk of the governing body is authorized to call a special election to fill the vacancy.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/07/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/13/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/08/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (03/08/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (03/31/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (03/30/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (04/17/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 27–5 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 48–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)
• Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
• Steven Woodrow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-03-31T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-03-14T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2023-03-08T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-07T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-2
• 2023-03-02T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-02-08T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b48c67b-9e9b-4b0a-9a54-f75e1c902fa4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).