---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public School Finance"
description: "SECTION 1. The bill increases the statewide base per pupil funding for the 2018-19 budget year by $222.57 to account for inflation, for a new statewide base per pupil funding of $6,768.77."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1379"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1379 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "James Wilson", "Owen Hill"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38186f9b-abd5-48bb-b174-7f9130a31796"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1379"
source_hash: "b87294a163cdae049694317f2bc09613a6a25fa429e8bd80b7776b7c964d8e0e"
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 18-1379 (2018A) — Public School Finance

SECTION 1. The bill increases the statewide base per pupil funding for the 2018-19 budget year by $222.57 to account for inflation, for a new statewide base per pupil funding of $6,768.77.

## 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_hb1379_s_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1379_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1379_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1379_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1379ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1379app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1379sapp_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1379_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1379_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1379_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1379_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **55–10** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **17–18** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **54–7** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **17–18** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- James Wilson — primary (person)
- Owen Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+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/38186f9b-abd5-48bb-b174-7f9130a31796`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).