---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Targeted Master Plan Funding"
description: "The bill makes appropriations to the department of higher education for need-based grants, student stipends, fee-for-service contracts with institutions of higher education, local district college grants, and area technical colleges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-262"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-262 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Crisanta Duran", "Jeff Bridges"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26e7d0e2-8521-4d9a-a4fe-500e995e6686"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-262"
source_hash: "eedd64845a6071faba953b6c0233d84263a9c52daaeb65beae556d2c213f442f"
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 SB 18-262 (2018A) — Higher Education Targeted Master Plan Funding

The bill makes appropriations to the department of higher education for need-based grants, student stipends, fee-for-service contracts with institutions of higher education, local district college grants, and area technical colleges.

## 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_sb262_h_app_008.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_262_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_262_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_262_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/25/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_262sfin_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (05/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_262_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_262_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_262_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_262_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **29–6** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **45–20** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **63–2** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **26–9** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **28–7** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **45–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Crisanta Duran — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26e7d0e2-8521-4d9a-a4fe-500e995e6686`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).