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Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
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April 10, 2008 | CO | HB 1375 | 2008-2009 Budget | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (21 - 14) |
April 17, 2006 | CO | HB 1375 | Public School Finance Act | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (29 - 4) |
April 10, 2008 | CO | HB 1375 | 2008-2009 Budget | Conference Report Adopted - House (39 - 23) |
May 6, 2008 | CO | HB 1388 | Increasing Education Funding | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (22 - 13) |
May 6, 2008 | CO | HB 1388 | Increasing Education Funding | Conference Report Adopted - House (58 - 5) |
April 4, 2008 | CO | SB 129 | Restricting Beverage Sales at Schools | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (21 - 14) |
May 1, 2007 | CO | SB 199 | Education Funding and Property Tax Freeze | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (19 - 15) |
April 8, 2008 | CO | HB 1001 | Expanding Bioscience Research Funding | Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 9) |
April 27, 2007 | CO | SB 199 | Education Funding and Property Tax Freeze | Bill Passed - House (41 - 20) |
March 27, 2008 | CO | HB 1186 | Amending Public School Performance Ratings | Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 14) |
April 1, 2008 | CO | SB 129 | Restricting Beverage Sales at Schools | Bill Passed - House (37 - 27) |
March 11, 2008 | CO | SB 73 | College Textbook Information Disclosure | Bill Passed - House (60 - 4) |
Feb. 28, 2006 | CO | HB 1289 | Colorado Student Assessment Program Penalty Removal | Bill Passed - House (37 - 28) |
May 5, 2006 | CO | HB 1283 | Required School Expenditures Act | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 14) |
March 24, 2006 | CO | HB 1056 | Vending Machines Requirements for Schools Bill | Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 16) |
April 28, 2006 | CO | HB 1283 | Required School Expenditures Act | Bill Passed - House (34 - 31) |
May 1, 2008 | CO | HB 1357 | Changing student testing requirements | Bill Passed - House (35 - 29) |
April 30, 2010 | CO | SB 191 | Education Law Amendments | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 14) |
Feb. 20, 2006 | CO | SB 66 | Employee Leave for Academic Activities | Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 17) |
April 5, 2006 | CO | HB 1375 | Public School Finance Act | Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 11) |
May 1, 2007 | CO | HB 1301 | Cervical Cancer Immunization Act | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 9) |
Feb. 28, 2007 | CO | HB 1292 | Sex Education Curriculum | Bill Passed - House (39 - 26) |
Feb. 27, 2008 | CO | HB 1001 | Expanding Bioscience Research Funding | Bill Passed - House (52 - 13) |
Feb. 28, 2008 | CO | SB 129 | Restricting Beverage Sales at Schools | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 12) |
Feb. 18, 2008 | CO | HB 1186 | Amending Public School Performance Ratings | Bill Passed - House (53 - 11) |
Jan. 22, 2007 | CO | SB 26 | Funding Full-Day Kindergarten | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 12) |
Feb. 20, 2008 | CO | SB 73 | College Textbook Information Disclosure | Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 4) |
Feb. 1, 2006 | CO | HB 1056 | Vending Machines Requirements for Schools Bill | Bill Passed - House (36 - 28) |
June 13, 2020 | CO | SB 20-163 | Amends the Definition for Nonmedical Exemptions for School Immunization Policies | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (20 - 13) |
May 4, 2009 | CO | HB 1057 | Mandatory Unpaid Parental Work Leave for Education Activities | Conference Report Adopted - House (39 - 26) |
May 11, 2022 | CO | HB 22-1390 | Appropriates State Public School Funding | Conference Report Adopted - House (45 - 20) |
May 11, 2022 | CO | HB 22-1390 | Appropriates State Public School Funding | Conference Report Adopted - House (45 - 20) |
April 26, 2023 | CO | SB 23-149 | Authorizes Higher Education Financial Aid for Youth Mentors | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (23 - 12) |
Dec. 2, 2020 | CO | HB 20B-1001 | Appropriates Funds for Grants to Improve Broadband Internet Access for Preschool Education | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (54 - 10) |
April 26, 2023 | CO | SB 23-149 | Authorizes Higher Education Financial Aid for Youth Mentors | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (23 - 12) |
April 27, 2009 | CO | HB 1057 | Mandatory Unpaid Parental Work Leave for Education Activities | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (21 - 13) |
May 12, 2010 | CO | SB 191 | Education Law Amendments | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (27 - 8) |
May 4, 2015 | CO | SB 14 | Authorizes Caregivers to Administer Medical Marijuana Treatments to Certain Students on School Property | Bill Passed - House (51 - 13) |
May 3, 2019 | CO | HB 19-1032 | Amends Sex Education Standards | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 14) |
March 8, 2023 | CO | SB 23-084 | Extends Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Eligibility to Adjunct Professors | Bill Passed - House (44 - 18) |
March 18, 2013 | CO | HB 1081 | Expands Sexual Education Curriculum | Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 15) |
March 4, 2020 | CO | SB 20-123 | Authorizes Compensation for College Athletes | Bill Passed - House (55 - 9) |
April 23, 2014 | CO | HB 1288 | Amends Student Immunization Laws | Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 16) |
April 24, 2023 | CO | SB 23-149 | Authorizes Higher Education Financial Aid for Youth Mentors | Bill Passed - House (47 - 16) |
April 24, 2023 | CO | SB 23-149 | Authorizes Higher Education Financial Aid for Youth Mentors | Bill Passed - House (47 - 16) |
May 9, 2018 | CO | SB 18-272 | Establishes School Grants for Suicide-Prevention Training | Bill Passed - House (53 - 12) |
March 8, 2013 | CO | SB 33 | Authorizes In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants | Bill Passed - House (40 - 21) |
May 1, 2015 | CO | SB 213 | Limits Immunity for Public Schools in Incidents of School Violence | Bill Passed - House (43 - 21) |
May 10, 2022 | CO | HB 22-1414 | Establishes a State Tax Deduction Cap on Individuals Earning Over $300K to Provide Free School Lunches | Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 12) |
May 28, 2021 | CO | SB 21-029 | Expands In-State Tuition to Native American Students | Bill Passed - House (49 - 11) |
Date | No. | Title | Outcome |
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4/10 | HB 1375 | 2008-2009 Budget | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (21 - 14) |
4/17 | HB 1375 | Public School Finance Act | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (29 - 4) |
4/10 | HB 1375 | 2008-2009 Budget | Conference Report Adopted - House (39 - 23) |
5/06 | HB 1388 | Increasing Education Funding | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (22 - 13) |
5/06 | HB 1388 | Increasing Education Funding | Conference Report Adopted - House (58 - 5) |
4/04 | SB 129 | Restricting Beverage Sales at Schools | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (21 - 14) |
5/01 | SB 199 | Education Funding and Property Tax Freeze | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (19 - 15) |
4/08 | HB 1001 | Expanding Bioscience Research Funding | Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 9) |
4/27 | SB 199 | Education Funding and Property Tax Freeze | Bill Passed - House (41 - 20) |
3/27 | HB 1186 | Amending Public School Performance Ratings | Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 14) |
4/01 | SB 129 | Restricting Beverage Sales at Schools | Bill Passed - House (37 - 27) |
3/11 | SB 73 | College Textbook Information Disclosure | Bill Passed - House (60 - 4) |
2/28 | HB 1289 | Colorado Student Assessment Program Penalty Removal | Bill Passed - House (37 - 28) |
5/05 | HB 1283 | Required School Expenditures Act | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 14) |
3/24 | HB 1056 | Vending Machines Requirements for Schools Bill | Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 16) |
4/28 | HB 1283 | Required School Expenditures Act | Bill Passed - House (34 - 31) |
5/01 | HB 1357 | Changing student testing requirements | Bill Passed - House (35 - 29) |
4/30 | SB 191 | Education Law Amendments | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 14) |
2/20 | SB 66 | Employee Leave for Academic Activities | Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 17) |
4/05 | HB 1375 | Public School Finance Act | Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 11) |
5/01 | HB 1301 | Cervical Cancer Immunization Act | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 9) |
2/28 | HB 1292 | Sex Education Curriculum | Bill Passed - House (39 - 26) |
2/27 | HB 1001 | Expanding Bioscience Research Funding | Bill Passed - House (52 - 13) |
2/28 | SB 129 | Restricting Beverage Sales at Schools | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 12) |
2/18 | HB 1186 | Amending Public School Performance Ratings | Bill Passed - House (53 - 11) |
1/22 | SB 26 | Funding Full-Day Kindergarten | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 12) |
2/20 | SB 73 | College Textbook Information Disclosure | Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 4) |
2/01 | HB 1056 | Vending Machines Requirements for Schools Bill | Bill Passed - House (36 - 28) |
6/13 | SB 20-163 | Amends the Definition for Nonmedical Exemptions for School Immunization Policies | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (20 - 13) |
5/04 | HB 1057 | Mandatory Unpaid Parental Work Leave for Education Activities | Conference Report Adopted - House (39 - 26) |
5/11 | HB 22-1390 | Appropriates State Public School Funding | Conference Report Adopted - House (45 - 20) |
5/11 | HB 22-1390 | Appropriates State Public School Funding | Conference Report Adopted - House (45 - 20) |
4/26 | SB 23-149 | Authorizes Higher Education Financial Aid for Youth Mentors | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (23 - 12) |
12/02 | HB 20B-1001 | Appropriates Funds for Grants to Improve Broadband Internet Access for Preschool Education | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (54 - 10) |
4/26 | SB 23-149 | Authorizes Higher Education Financial Aid for Youth Mentors | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (23 - 12) |
4/27 | HB 1057 | Mandatory Unpaid Parental Work Leave for Education Activities | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (21 - 13) |
5/12 | SB 191 | Education Law Amendments | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (27 - 8) |
5/04 | SB 14 | Authorizes Caregivers to Administer Medical Marijuana Treatments to Certain Students on School Property | Bill Passed - House (51 - 13) |
5/03 | HB 19-1032 | Amends Sex Education Standards | Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 14) |
3/08 | SB 23-084 | Extends Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Eligibility to Adjunct Professors | Bill Passed - House (44 - 18) |
3/18 | HB 1081 | Expands Sexual Education Curriculum | Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 15) |
3/04 | SB 20-123 | Authorizes Compensation for College Athletes | Bill Passed - House (55 - 9) |
4/23 | HB 1288 | Amends Student Immunization Laws | Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 16) |
4/24 | SB 23-149 | Authorizes Higher Education Financial Aid for Youth Mentors | Bill Passed - House (47 - 16) |
4/24 | SB 23-149 | Authorizes Higher Education Financial Aid for Youth Mentors | Bill Passed - House (47 - 16) |
5/09 | SB 18-272 | Establishes School Grants for Suicide-Prevention Training | Bill Passed - House (53 - 12) |
3/08 | SB 33 | Authorizes In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants | Bill Passed - House (40 - 21) |
5/01 | SB 213 | Limits Immunity for Public Schools in Incidents of School Violence | Bill Passed - House (43 - 21) |
5/10 | HB 22-1414 | Establishes a State Tax Deduction Cap on Individuals Earning Over $300K to Provide Free School Lunches | Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 12) |
5/28 | SB 21-029 | Expands In-State Tuition to Native American Students | Bill Passed - House (49 - 11) |