---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military Enlistment School Performance Indicator"
description: "For purposes of determining the level of attainment of each public high school, each school district, the state charter school institute, and the state as a whole on the postsecondary and workforce readiness performance indicator for accreditation, the bill adds enlistment in the military within a year of graduation as a measure of performance. The department of education shall weight military enlistment equally with enrollment in postsecondary institutions for purposes of determining the level of attainment on the performance indicator."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-012"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-012 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Owen Hill"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93922c0d-d5f6-4508-afc3-6964b96eaf4a"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-012"
source_hash: "a1bc3b46f7b58b217b7107f1cab89369a34f66e0dcd4105f20b26d53ee40420b"
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 18-012 (2018A) — Military Enlistment School Performance Indicator

For purposes of determining the level of attainment of each public high school, each school district, the state charter school institute, and the state as a whole on the postsecondary and workforce readiness performance indicator for accreditation, the bill adds enlistment in the military within a year of graduation as a measure of performance. The department of education shall weight military enlistment equally with enrollment in postsecondary institutions for purposes of determining the level of attainment on the performance indicator.

## 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_sb012_h_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_012_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_012_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_012_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_012ed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_012_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_012_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_012_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_012_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **50–13** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **32–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/93922c0d-d5f6-4508-afc3-6964b96eaf4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).