---
type: "Bill"
title: "Educator Loan Forgiveness Program"
description: "Educator loan forgiveness program - appropriation. The act makes changes to the teacher loan forgiveness program, renaming it the educator loan forgiveness program (program) and revising the eligibility criteria for the program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-003"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-003 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Don Coram", "James Wilson", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a61b97bc-a276-4505-b927-585d0affad02"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-003"
source_hash: "355afc7c92c7020f6d25c6f2a47f72cacaf192611f08db12dc9de863e96aedab"
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 19-003 (2019A) — Educator Loan Forgiveness Program

Educator loan forgiveness program - appropriation. The act makes changes to the teacher loan forgiveness program, renaming it the educator loan forgiveness program (program) and revising the eligibility criteria for the program.

## 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_sb003_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/21/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_003_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_003_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_003_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_003sedu_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_003seduapp.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_003_rn2.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_003_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_003_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_003_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **47–17** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **15–19** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **25–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Don Coram — primary (person)
- James Wilson — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education + Appropriations `introduction`
- **2019-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+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/a61b97bc-a276-4505-b927-585d0affad02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).