SB24-013

District Attorneys' Salaries

Concerning the compensation of attorneys working in the office of a district attorney.

Session:

2024 Regular Session

Subject:

Local Government

Bill Summary

Effective July 1, 2026, the act increases the minimum compensation for a district attorney to match the compensation of a full-time district court judge.

Effective July 1, 2026, the act requires the minimum compensation of an assistant district attorney to match the compensation of a full-time county court judge and requires the state to pay 50% of the minimum amount of an assistant district attorney's compensation. The district attorney, with the approval of the board or boards of county commissioners of the county or counties comprising the judicial district or with the approval of the city council of a city and county affected, may set an amount in excess of the minimum requirement.

APPROVED by Governor June 5, 2024

EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Date	Bill Type	Documents
06/05/2024	Signed Act	PDF
05/14/2024	Final Act	PDF
05/08/2024	Rerevised	PDF
05/07/2024	Revised	PDF
05/02/2024	Reengrossed	PDF
05/01/2024	Engrossed	PDF
01/10/2024	Introduced	PDF

Date	Version	Documents
05/03/2024	FN2	PDF
01/30/2024	FN1	PDF

Date	Version	Documents
05/07/2024	SA2	PDF
04/30/2024	SA1	PDF

Activity	Vote	Documents
Adopt amendment L.003	The motion passed without objection.	Vote Summary
Refer Senate Bill 24-013, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.	The motion passed on a vote of 8-1.	Vote Summary

Date	Location	Action
06/05/2024	Governor	Governor Signed
05/15/2024	Governor	Sent to the Governor
05/14/2024	House	Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/14/2024	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
05/08/2024	House	House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
05/07/2024	House	House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
05/07/2024	House	House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
05/04/2024	House	House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations
05/02/2024	House	Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs
05/02/2024	Senate	Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
05/01/2024	Senate	Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
05/01/2024	Senate	Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
02/05/2024	Senate	Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations
01/10/2024	Senate	Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary

District Attorneys' Salaries

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Bill Text

All Versions (7 )

Preamended Versions (1 )

Budget Documents

Fiscal Notes (2)

Budget Staff Analysis (2)

Committee Actions

05/07/2024 | House Appropriations (1 )

05/04/2024 | House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs (1 )

05/01/2024 | Senate Appropriations (2 )

02/05/2024 | Senate Judiciary (1 )

Votes

House Votes (1)

Senate Votes (1)

Amendments

Bill History

Sponsors

Session Laws

Colorado General Assembly

Sponsor Type	Legislators
Prime Sponsor	Sen. B. Gardner, Sen. N. Hinrichsen Rep. M. Catlin, Rep. B. McLachlan
Sponsor
Co-sponsor	Sen. J. Bridges, Sen. J. Buckner, Sen. L. Cutter, Sen. R. Fields, Sen. J. Gonzales, Sen. C. Hansen, Sen. B. Kirkmeyer, Sen. L. Liston, Sen. P. Lundeen, Sen. D. Michaelson Jenet, Sen. K. Priola, Sen. J. Rich, Sen. C. Simpson, Sen. P. Will, Sen. F. Winter, Sen. R. Zenzinger Rep. J. Amabile, Rep. S. Bird, Rep. A. Boesenecker, Rep. B. Bradley, Rep. K. Brown, Rep. C. Clifford, Rep. L. Daugherty, Rep. M. Duran, Rep. I. Jodeh, Rep. C. Kipp, Rep. S. Lieder, Rep. M. Lindsay, Rep. W. Lindstedt, Rep. M. Lukens, Rep. M. Lynch, Rep. B. Marshall, Rep. M. Martinez, Rep. T. Mauro, Rep. J. McCluskie, Rep. K. McCormick, Rep. R. Pugliese, Rep. M. Snyder, Rep. T. Story, Rep. R. Taggart, Rep. B. Titone, Rep. E. Velasco, Rep. D. Wilson, Rep. T. Winter