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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Exemption for College Program Completion Earned Time"
+description: "Under existing law, the department of corrections may, for an inmate who was sentenced for a nonviolent felony offense, deduct earned time from the inmate's sentence for each accredited degree or other credential awarded by an institution of higher education to the inmate while the inmate is incarcerated or on parole (degree or credential earned time). The act exempts degree or credential earned time from the statutory limit on earned time."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2024A"
+identifier: "HB 24-1461"
+citation: "Colorado HB 24-1461 (2024A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Matthew Martinez", "Rose Pugliese"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a501097-0f5a-4d6d-b53f-e801f2cb0c27"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1461"
+source_hash: "5ae6286198deb5b8909ca3cbd29efa03a1eabef839ef4a8ab98e83a7f091b477"
+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 24-1461 (2024A) — Exemption for College Program Completion Earned Time
+
+Under existing law, the department of corrections may, for an inmate who was sentenced for a nonviolent felony offense, deduct earned time from the inmate's sentence for each accredited degree or other credential awarded by an institution of higher education to the inmate while the inmate is incarcerated or on parole (degree or credential earned time). The act exempts degree or credential earned time from the statutory limit on earned time.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_hb1461_s_jud_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1461_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1461_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1461_01.pdf)
+5. **Reengrossed (04/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1461_ren.pdf)
+6. **Rerevised (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1461_rer.pdf)
+7. **Revised (05/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1461_rev.pdf)
+8. **Signed Act (06/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1461_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **29–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
+- Matthew Martinez — primary (person)
+- Rose Pugliese — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a501097-0f5a-4d6d-b53f-e801f2cb0c27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+