In God We Trust Special License Plate
Summary
The act creates the "In God We Trust" license plate for motor vehicles. In addition to the normal fees for a license plate, a person must pay 2 additional one-time fees of $25 for the issuance of the plate. One of these fees is credited to the highway users tax fund and the other fee is credited to the Colorado DRIVES vehicle services account. To implement the act, $31,212 is appropriated to the department of revenue for use by the division of motor vehicles. The appropriation consists of $4,293 from the general fund and $26,919 from the license plate cash fund. APPROVED by Governor June 2, 2023 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2023 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause and takes effect 90 days after sine die. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Jan 10, 2023
Signed Jun 2, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Apr 19, 2023 · House May 7, 2023
How they voted
24–7
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 35
Apr 19, 2023
D
Democratic23
56% Yea
R
Republican12
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Jun 2, 2023
Signed into law
Governor Signed
May 7, 2023
House · Passed
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
May 6, 2023
House · Reported by committee
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
May 1, 2023
House · Referred to committee
House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations
Apr 19, 2023
House · Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance
Apr 19, 2023
Senate · Passed
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
Apr 18, 2023
Senate · Reported by committee
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
Feb 7, 2023
Senate · Referred to committee
Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations
Jan 23, 2023
Senate · Referred to committee
Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Finance
Jan 10, 2023
Senate · Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Baisley
RRepublican
P
Scott Bottoms
RRepublican
P
SB
Shannon Bird
DDemocratic
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