---
type: "Bill"
title: "In-state Tuition Foreign Nationals Settled In Colorado"
description: "The bill contains a legislative declaration about the circumstances facing special immigrants and refugees and the benefit of access to education. The bill grants eligibility for in-state tuition status to refugees and special immigrants admitted to the United States pursuant to federal law who have settled in Colorado."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-087"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-087 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Faith Winter", "Stephen Fenberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79c660e5-8b22-4d60-946c-01df484ab511"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-087"
source_hash: "14721c8e2dc9fbd4aaa86ecae3eb399f2e03bd2861fdcc8e082ff07c59d79b30"
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 18-087 (2018A) — In-state Tuition Foreign Nationals Settled In Colorado

The bill contains a legislative declaration about the circumstances facing special immigrants and refugees and the benefit of access to education. The bill grants eligibility for in-state tuition status to refugees and special immigrants admitted to the United States pursuant to federal law who have settled in Colorado.

## 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_sb087_h_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_087_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_087_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_087_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_087_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_087_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_087_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_087_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **37–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 04/02/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 03/29/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 03/28/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2018-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79c660e5-8b22-4d60-946c-01df484ab511`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).