---
type: "Bill"
title: "College Admission Use Of National Test Score"
description: "The governing board of an institution of higher education may, but is not required to, require a national assessment test score as an eligibility criterion for admission for first-time freshman students who graduate from high school in 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1407"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1407 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cathy Kipp", "Mark Baisley", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/063831a8-4532-4d3b-bf80-957da4e380ca"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1407"
source_hash: "d4b0d1c3abddfa95f569f8afabf64495e054e6d82f85e0009a0d7cdaa3b29aa4"
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 20-1407 (2020A) — College Admission Use Of National Test Score

The governing board of an institution of higher education may, but is not required to, require a national assessment test score as an eligibility criterion for admission for first-time freshman students who graduate from high school in 2021.

## 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_hb1407_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1407_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (07/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1407_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (06/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1407_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (06/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1407_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1407_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1407_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (07/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1407_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **61–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cathy Kipp — 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`
- **2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02T06:00:00+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/063831a8-4532-4d3b-bf80-957da4e380ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).