---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers Nonpublic Child Care & Preschool Facility"
description: "The bill provides that the state board of education may issue an alternative teacher license to an applicant who agrees to participate fully in a one- or 2-year alternative teacher program provided by a designated agency, which may include working in a nonpublic child care facility or other preschool facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1332"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1332 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Wilson", "Jeff Bridges", "Jim Smallwood", "Stephen Fenberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c953732-0868-4e0e-9344-a66529259b3e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1332"
source_hash: "2515fdbfa6e25efa6c2bad92b84f7be97a1eb9c81dbb9c3fc65ffe36d4cfc323"
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 17-1332 (2017A) — Teachers Nonpublic Child Care & Preschool Facility

The bill provides that the state board of education may issue an alternative teacher license to an applicant who agrees to participate fully in a one- or 2-year alternative teacher program provided by a designated agency, which may include working in a nonpublic child care facility or other preschool facility.

## 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_HB1332_S_ED_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1332_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1332_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1332_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1332sedu_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1332_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/08/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1332_rr2.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1332_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/30/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1332_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment B). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- This is a conceptual amendment to remove the safety clause and replace it with a petition clause. The motion passed on a vote of 4-3. — **4–3** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1332 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-1. — **12–1** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1332, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole 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

- James Wilson — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2017-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2017-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-10T06:00:00+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/6c953732-0868-4e0e-9344-a66529259b3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).