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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Programs Addressing Educator Shortages"
+description: "The bill requires the Colorado department of education and the Colorado department of higher education to create the framework for a grow your own educator program that includes the following provisions:"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2018A"
+identifier: "HB 18-1309"
+citation: "Colorado HB 18-1309 (2018A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James Coleman", "James Wilson", "Owen Hill"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-03-21T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6392a5a-eae6-46c5-9ddd-17f4ddac4163"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1309"
+source_hash: "1c8cca7914e9328a6e2dd744db3cee4fb5a51b38fc7d38b2bc17e6b7170eee3d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
+---
+
+# Colorado HB 18-1309 (2018A) — Programs Addressing Educator Shortages
+
+The bill requires the Colorado department of education and the Colorado department of higher education to create the framework for a grow your own educator program that includes the following provisions:
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_hb1309_s_app_003.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1309_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1309_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (03/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1309_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (04/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1309ed.pdf)
+6. **Reengrossed (04/25/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1309_ren.pdf)
+7. **Rerevised (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1309_rer.pdf)
+8. **Revised (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1309_rev.pdf)
+9. **Signed Act (05/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1309_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **33–2** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **47–17** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James Coleman — primary (person)
+- James Wilson — primary (person)
+- Owen Hill — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2018-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
+- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
+- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
+- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
+- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6392a5a-eae6-46c5-9ddd-17f4ddac4163`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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