HB 23-1223 CO

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The act creates a task force (task force) to establish shared goals, objectives, and guidelines for entities to utilize in prioritizing new and existing grant money to achieve maximum impact to reduce youth violence, suicide, and delinquency risk factors. The task force shall identify 3 target communities with the highest rates of youth violence, suicide, and delinquency risk factors. Beginning July 1, 2025, the task force shall create shared goals, objectives, and guidelines for governmental and community-based organizations to prioritize the use of new and existing state grant money, as well as help community-based organizations reduce youth violence, suicide, and delinquency risk factors in the target communities by using the shared goals, objectives, and guidelines when working in intervention, prevention, and tracking statistics. Membership in the task force is outlined. The task force shall make a preliminary "SMART Act" report in January 2024 followed by a final report in January 2025. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, $92,447 is appropriated from the general fund to the department of public health and environment for use by the prevention services division. The division may use this appropriation for the grant prioritization task force related to administration. APPROVED by Governor June 7, 2023 EFFECTIVE June 7, 2023(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• Jennifer Bacon Democratic · primary
• Regina English Democratic · primary
• Rhonda Fields · primary

1. Jun 7, 2023 Governor Signed · executive
2. May 17, 2023 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. May 17, 2023 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
4. May 17, 2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
5. May 5, 2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
6. May 4, 2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · upper
7. May 4, 2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
8. May 3, 2023 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations · upper
9. Apr 25, 2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services · upper
10. Apr 24, 2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
11. Apr 21, 2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
12. Apr 20, 2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
13. Apr 18, 2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
14. Mar 21, 2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations · lower
15. Mar 1, 2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Signed Act (06/07/2023) · PDF
• Final Act (05/17/2023) · PDF
• Rerevised (05/05/2023) · PDF
• Revised (05/04/2023) · PDF
• Reengrossed (04/24/2023) · PDF
• Engrossed (04/21/2023) · PDF
• Introduced (03/01/2023) · PDF
• PA2 (04/18/2023) · PDF
• PA1 (03/23/2023) · PDF
• Committee Amendment · PDF