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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly
SB23-277

Public Safety Programs Extended Uses

Type Bill
Session 2023 Regular Session
Subjects
Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

Concerning measures to provide resources to increase public safety, and, in connection therewith, extending related existing appropriations.

Bill Summary:

The crime prevention through safer streets grant program (safer streets program) exists within the department of public safety (DPS) and repeals on November 1, 2023. The act extends the safer streets program, extends reporting requirements, and extends the DPS's authority to use the appropriation received in the 2022-23 state fiscal year to pay for the safer streets program until the appropriation is fully expended.

Two additional grant programs exist within DPS:

  • A law enforcement workforce recruitment, retention, and tuition grant program (workforce program) to award grants to law enforcement agencies to address workforce shortages, improve training to P.O.S.T.-certified peace officers, and improve relationships between law enforcement and impacted communities; and
  • A state's mission for assistance in recruitment and training policing grant program (SMART program) to award grants to law enforcement agencies to increase the number of P.O.S.T.-certified and non-certified officers who are representative of the communities they serve and to provide training for those additional law enforcement officers.
The act extends the workforce program and the SMART program and their reporting requirements, specifies additional permissible uses for the workforce program and SMART program grant awards, permits DPS to set workforce program and SMART program deadlines, and permits DPS to provide technical support to workforce program and SMART program applicants.

The behavioral health information and data-sharing program (information program) exists within the DPS and repeals on June 30, 2024. The act extends the information program and the DPS's authority to use the appropriation until December 30, 2024.

APPROVED by Governor June 7, 2023

EFFECTIVE June 7, 2023
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Prime Sponsors

Senator Janet Buckner

Senator

Janet Buckner

Senator Kevin Van Winkle

Senator

Kevin Van Winkle

Representative Alex Valdez

Representative

Alex Valdez

Representative Matt Soper

Representative

Matt Soper

Committees

Senate

Local Government & Housing

Appropriations

House

Judiciary

Appropriations

Status

Became Law

Introduced

Passed

Became Law

Related Documents & Information

Date Version Documents
06/07/2023 Signed Act PDF
05/15/2023 Final Act PDF
05/06/2023 Rerevised PDF
05/03/2023 Revised PDF
04/27/2023 Reengrossed PDF
04/26/2023 Engrossed PDF
04/11/2023 Introduced PDF
Date Version Documents
04/19/2023 PA1 PDF
Date Version Documents
08/07/2023 FN2 PDF
04/17/2023 FN1 PDF
Date Version Documents
05/02/2023 SA2 PDF
04/23/2023 SA1 PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Refer Senate Bill 23-277 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 7-4. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
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Committee Report:  PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Refer Senate Bill 23-277 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 8-4. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
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Committee Report:  PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Refer Senate Bill 23-277 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
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Committee Report:  PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Hearing Summary
Activity Vote Documents
Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The motion passed on a vote of 5-1. Vote summary
Refer Senate Bill 23-277, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 6-0. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
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Committee Report:  PDF
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
05/06/2023 Third Reading BILL
48
AYE
17
NO
0
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
04/27/2023 Third Reading BILL
34
AYE
1
NO
0
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Amendment Number Committee/ Floor Hearing Status Documents
04/18/2023 L.001 SEN Local Government & Housing Passed [*] PDF

* Amendments passed in committee are not incorporated into the measure unless adopted by the full House or Senate.

** The status of Second Reading amendments may be subsequently affected by the adoption of an amendment to the Committee of the Whole Report. Refer to the House or Senate Journal for additional information.

Date Location Action
06/07/2023 Governor Governor Signed
05/15/2023 Governor Sent to the Governor
05/15/2023 House Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/15/2023 Senate Signed by the President of the Senate
05/06/2023 House House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
05/04/2023 House House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
05/03/2023 House House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
05/03/2023 House House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
05/02/2023 House House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations
04/27/2023 House Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
04/27/2023 Senate Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/26/2023 Senate Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
04/26/2023 Senate Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/18/2023 Senate Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Appropriations
04/11/2023 Senate Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing
Effective Date Chapter # Title Documents
06/07/2023 443 Public Safety Programs Extended Uses PDF

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