---
type: "Bill"
title: "In-state Tuition At Community College For Military"
description: "The act allows an active member of the armed forces of the United States or a veteran of the armed forces of the United States, or a dependent of the member or veteran, to be eligible for in-state tuition status at a community college, regardless of whether the person satisfies Colorado domicile or residency status."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1275"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1275 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bri Buentello", "Dennis Hisey", "Pete Lee"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-03T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-27T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7a40b69-a562-41c3-8131-fa421046a39b"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1275"
source_hash: "dbbdb5cae0b82c9cffb3f8007231586f4aa63c4296cf97ed80c7f3d3bf956b1d"
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 20-1275 (2020A) — In-state Tuition At Community College For Military

The act allows an active member of the armed forces of the United States or a veteran of the armed forces of the United States, or a dependent of the member or veteran, to be eligible for in-state tuition status at a community college, regardless of whether the person satisfies Colorado domicile or residency status.

## 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_hb1275_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/21/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1275_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/17/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1275_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1275_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/18/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1275ed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1275_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/14/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1275_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1275_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1275_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **61–3** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **55–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **55–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bri Buentello — primary (person)
- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03T07:00:00+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/f7a40b69-a562-41c3-8131-fa421046a39b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).