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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Suspend Statewide Assessments For Select Grades"
+description: "The act suspends the administration of state assessments, contingent on receiving a waiver of federal law from the federal department of education, for the following instructional areas and grade levels for the 2020-21 school year:Science for students enrolled in grades 5, 8, and 11;"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2021A"
+identifier: "HB 21-1161"
+citation: "Colorado HB 21-1161 (2021A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Don Coram", "Emily Sirota", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46349221-4647-4d7b-bb7e-d49e6a56dcb4"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1161"
+source_hash: "ca6a5ae4b27282f6a659a86748278ee68f5e740fd1ac8c0ad4a0cb3e4f126d9f"
+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 21-1161 (2021A) — Suspend Statewide Assessments For Select Grades
+
+The act suspends the administration of state assessments, contingent on receiving a waiver of federal law from the federal department of education, for the following instructional areas and grade levels for the 2020-21 school year:Science for students enrolled in grades 5, 8, and 11;
+
+## 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/2021a_hb1161_s_app_002.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (03/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1161_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (03/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1161_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (03/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1161_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (03/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1161app_01.pdf)
+6. **Reengrossed (03/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1161_rn2.pdf)
+7. **Rerevised (03/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1161_rer.pdf)
+8. **Revised (03/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1161_rev.pdf)
+9. **Signed Act (03/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1161_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AMD — **16–47** (fail) · lower
+- BILL — **30–2** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **51–13** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
+- Don Coram — primary (person)
+- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
+- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2021-03-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
+- **2021-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
+- **2021-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-03T07:00:00+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/46349221-4647-4d7b-bb7e-d49e6a56dcb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+