---
type: "Bill"
title: "Technical Changes For P-tech Schools"
description: "The bill amends the definition of a pathways in technology early college (p-tech) high school to include a p-tech program that operates within a host school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1194"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1194 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Cooke", "Mike Foote"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0243fb4f-e63f-40bc-a228-115ca618334b"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1194"
source_hash: "972c0ca5ea8fdd3a83ab2300f4764cb991c2648af85fe9f57f864c4e24a18cc9"
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 17-1194 (2017A) — Technical Changes For P-tech Schools

The bill amends the definition of a pathways in technology early college (p-tech) high school to include a p-tech program that operates within a host school.

## 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/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1194_H_ED_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1194_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1194_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1194_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1194_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/30/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1194_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/29/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1194_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/13/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1194_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1194 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1194 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Mike Foote — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2017-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+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/0243fb4f-e63f-40bc-a228-115ca618334b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).