---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Supplemental Academic Instruction"
description: "State institutions of higher education - requirements for developmental education and basic skills courses - supplemental academic instruction. The act directs the Colorado commission on higher education (commission) to adopt a developmental education policy requiring the governing boards of state institutions of higher education (institutions) to maximize the likelihood of success in entry-level (gateway) college-level course work when placing students into developmental education. The act also specifies that institutions cannot place a student into developmental education based on a single instrument or test."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1206"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1206 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Colin Larson", "James Coleman", "Jeff Bridges", "Paul Lundeen"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-20T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bcd09f0-1fd8-4937-9ec6-88e9ca6e366f"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1206"
source_hash: "4e39020a603f5163df5ace3ba14f23f4c32879d32bae435cab6e081ff886958b"
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 19-1206 (2019A) — Higher Education Supplemental Academic Instruction

State institutions of higher education - requirements for developmental education and basic skills courses - supplemental academic instruction. The act directs the Colorado commission on higher education (commission) to adopt a developmental education policy requiring the governing boards of state institutions of higher education (institutions) to maximize the likelihood of success in entry-level (gateway) college-level course work when placing students into developmental education. The act also specifies that institutions cannot place a student into developmental education based on a single instrument or test.

## 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/2019a_hb1206_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1206_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1206_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1206_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/14/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1206ed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1206_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1206_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/05/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1206_rev.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Colin Larson — primary (person)
- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Paul Lundeen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2019-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20T07:00:00+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/9bcd09f0-1fd8-4937-9ec6-88e9ca6e366f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).