---
type: "Bill"
title: "Five-year Review Of Higher Education Funding Formula"
description: "Commission duties - funding formulas - 5-year reviews. The act requires the Colorado commission on higher education (commission) to conduct a review of the funding formula for institutions of higher education every 5 years and to submit a report on recommended changes to specified committees of the general assembly on or before November 1 of the year in which the review was conducted. It also specifies certain steps that the commission shall take in conducting the review.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-095"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-095 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Hansen", "Chris Holbert", "Hugh McKean", "Nancy Todd"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85753f99-6e1d-4229-a7ad-b57afbfc83d0"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-095"
source_hash: "850db410df3545c89a6a2c6368ef07d39fd5e3a1cee07ba2f248f4f2c3784047"
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 19-095 (2019A) — Five-year Review Of Higher Education Funding Formula

Commission duties - funding formulas - 5-year reviews. The act requires the Colorado commission on higher education (commission) to conduct a review of the funding formula for institutions of higher education every 5 years and to submit a report on recommended changes to specified committees of the general assembly on or before November 1 of the year in which the review was conducted. It also specifies certain steps that the commission shall take in conducting the review.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## 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_sb095_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_095_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_095_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_095_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_095_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_095_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_095_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_095_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **61–4** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Chris Holbert — primary (person)
- Hugh McKean — primary (person)
- Nancy Todd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **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 - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education + Appropriations `introduction`
- **2019-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-23T07:00:00+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/85753f99-6e1d-4229-a7ad-b57afbfc83d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).