republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-149.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Student Financial Aid For Youth Mentors"
description: "The act creates the youth mentorship assistance grant pilot program (program) in the Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative within the department of higher education (department). The program provides financial assistance for the cost of attendance at a public higher education institution to students who provide mentorship services to an approved youth mentorship organization. The act requires the Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative advisory board to select approved youth mentorship organizations to participate in the program and administer the program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-149"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-149 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Coleman", "Jennifer Bacon", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8953edd4-365f-4199-9c0f-a3d24febb8d8"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-149"
source_hash: "5eaec49fdb85d64da203417c84c25621a2ce12e0a321c8f46ba4cff1bf74b5e3"
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 23-149 (2023A) — Higher Education Student Financial Aid For Youth Mentors

The act creates the youth mentorship assistance grant pilot program (program) in the Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative within the department of higher education (department). The program provides financial assistance for the cost of attendance at a public higher education institution to students who provide mentorship services to an approved youth mentorship organization. The act requires the Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative advisory board to select approved youth mentorship organizations to participate in the program and administer the program.

## 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/2023a_sb149_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/23/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_149_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_149_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_149_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_149_s_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_149_s_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_149_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_149_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_149_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_149_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **47–16** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **20–12** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **23–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8953edd4-365f-4199-9c0f-a3d24febb8d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).