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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibiting Legacy Preferences In Higher Ed Insts"
+description: "Current law does not prevent a higher education institution (institution) from considering legacy preferences and familial relationships to alumni of the institution as eligible criteria for admissions standards. The act prohibits a governing board of a state-supported higher education institution (governing board) from considering legacy preferences and familial relationships to alumni of the institution in the admissions process. The act allows a governing board to ask questions regarding familial relationships to alumni of the institution in order to collect data.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2021A"
+identifier: "HB 21-1173"
+citation: "Colorado HB 21-1173 (2021A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Jeff Bridges", "Kyle Mullica", "Matt Gray"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99cb4593-16b7-4ee9-b1e1-0fbea1bb2ff2"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1173"
+source_hash: "9f01dd537382ad4ad41340a815594d844d47b103891c03b5feb737140fda8ab2"
+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 21-1173 (2021A) — Prohibiting Legacy Preferences In Higher Ed Insts
+
+Current law does not prevent a higher education institution (institution) from considering legacy preferences and familial relationships to alumni of the institution as eligible criteria for admissions standards. The act prohibits a governing board of a state-supported higher education institution (governing board) from considering legacy preferences and familial relationships to alumni of the institution in the admissions process. The act allows a governing board to ask questions regarding familial relationships to alumni of the institution in order to collect data.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
+
+## 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_hb1173_s_ed_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1173_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1173_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (03/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1173_01.pdf)
+5. **Reengrossed (04/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1173_ren.pdf)
+6. **Rerevised (05/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1173_rer.pdf)
+7. **Revised (05/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1173_rev.pdf)
+8. **Signed Act (05/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1173_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **29–5** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **43–20** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
+- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
+- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
+- Matt Gray — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
+- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-04T07:00:00+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/99cb4593-16b7-4ee9-b1e1-0fbea1bb2ff2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+