---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professional Training For Educators"
description: "The act makes changes to the assistance programs that are designed to increase the number of educators within the state, especially in rural school districts, by:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-158"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-158 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "James Wilson", "Nancy Todd"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d94fcfb-2132-4e47-8b78-5f4b41c73744"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-158"
source_hash: "5f376e17483619ba6e928bd5b39c54d38c3791f076ac41736719bc6eceea8c22"
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 20-158 (2020A) — Professional Training For Educators

The act makes changes to the assistance programs that are designed to increase the number of educators within the state, especially in rural school districts, by:

## 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_sb158_h_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_158_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_158_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_158_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/14/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_158sedu_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_158seduapp.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_158_rn2.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_158_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_158_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_158_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **26–8** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **44–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- James Wilson — primary (person)
- Nancy Todd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **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`
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04T07:00:00+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/4d94fcfb-2132-4e47-8b78-5f4b41c73744`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).