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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Colorado Student Free Expression Law"
+description: "The act clarifies that the term \"student publication\" can mean a publication in written, broadcast, or online format. A student advisor may encourage expression consistent with high standards of English and journalism."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2020A"
+identifier: "HB 20-1062"
+citation: "Colorado HB 20-1062 (2020A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Don Coram", "Pete Lee"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76c1af0c-c809-41a3-8829-5874b32ffbfe"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1062"
+source_hash: "585d61301e960b4865a0467b1f25d9d8e97667ed3ed73030ee80213d6550bc4b"
+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 20-1062 (2020A) — Colorado Student Free Expression Law
+
+The act clarifies that the term "student publication" can mean a publication in written, broadcast, or online format. A student advisor may encourage expression consistent with high standards of English and journalism.
+
+## 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/2020a_hb1062_s_ed_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (02/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1062_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (03/17/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1062_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1062_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (02/07/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1062edu_01.pdf)
+6. **Reengrossed (02/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1062_ren.pdf)
+7. **Rerevised (03/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1062_rer.pdf)
+8. **Revised (03/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1062_rev.pdf)
+9. **Signed Act (03/24/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1062_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **59–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
+- Don Coram — primary (person)
+- Pete Lee — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
+- **2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2020-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+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/76c1af0c-c809-41a3-8829-5874b32ffbfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+