republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/sb-24-072.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voting for Confined Eligible Electors"
description: "The law has required county clerk and recorders must make best efforts to coordinate with the county sheriff or the county sheriff's designee at each county jail or detention center to facilitate voting for all confined eligible electors. The act requires a county sheriff to designate at least one individual to facilitate voting for confined eligible electors at the county jail or detention center (sheriff's designee) and requires the sheriff's designee to coordinate with the county clerk and recorder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-072"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-072 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Kyle Brown", "Manny Rutinel"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/345dd3ad-3ff3-4d52-9084-f35a5050c8ed"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-072"
source_hash: "bf7e2a979710cc24b3446638afe3932f28c805178c2a36838b1ee80f56ba65e9"
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 24-072 (2024A) — Voting for Confined Eligible Electors

The law has required county clerk and recorders must make best efforts to coordinate with the county sheriff or the county sheriff's designee at each county jail or detention center to facilitate voting for all confined eligible electors. The act requires a county sheriff to designate at least one individual to facilitate voting for confined eligible electors at the county jail or detention center (sheriff's designee) and requires the sheriff's designee to coordinate with the county clerk and recorder.

## 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_sb072_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/18/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_072_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_072_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_072_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_072_s_sa_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/18/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_072_s_sa_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_072_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_072_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_072_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/31/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_072_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **50–14** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Kyle Brown — primary (person)
- Manny Rutinel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/345dd3ad-3ff3-4d52-9084-f35a5050c8ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).