---
type: "Bill"
title: "College Credit For Work Experience"
description: "The act requires the department of higher education to conduct a study concerning awarding academic credit for prior learning within all state institutions of higher education (institutions)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1002"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1002 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Mark Baisley", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8438b49b-3fc7-491e-909c-2cfef5fecc04"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1002"
source_hash: "c13efe955263345f47d484581e875ba1771dc74b3e749e758077ff513e5e18bc"
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 20-1002 (2020A) — College Credit For Work Experience

The act requires the department of higher education to conduct a study concerning awarding academic credit for prior learning within all state institutions of higher education (institutions).

## 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/2020a_hb1002_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/01/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1002_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/26/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1002_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1002_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1002edu_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1002app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1002_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1002_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1002_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1002_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **62–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Mark Baisley — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-08T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2020-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education + Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8438b49b-3fc7-491e-909c-2cfef5fecc04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).