---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher Externship Program For Science Technology Engineering And Math Disciplines"
description: "The act requires the department of labor and employment (department) to establish, on or before January 1, 2024, a teacher externship program to provide work-based learning opportunities for kindergarten through twelfth grade public school teachers (K-12 teachers) in order for the teachers to gain knowledge and expand their curriculum in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines and other disciplines that may be of value to a particular school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1198"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1198 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brianna Titone", "Janice Rich", "Meghan Lukens"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efacfbdc-fff1-43b1-9d6a-584ae953a0ea"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1198"
source_hash: "588b36662ac31d75da3f3c3377bcf158a33e6b688a93ca5b1765f4678511e212"
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 23-1198 (2023A) — Teacher Externship Program For Science Technology Engineering And Math Disciplines

The act requires the department of labor and employment (department) to establish, on or before January 1, 2024, a teacher externship program to provide work-based learning opportunities for kindergarten through twelfth grade public school teachers (K-12 teachers) in order for the teachers to gain knowledge and expand their curriculum in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines and other disciplines that may be of value to a particular school district.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_hb1198_s_app_005.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1198_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1198_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1198_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1198_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1198_h_ed_fin_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1198_h_ed_fin_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1198_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1198_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1198_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1198_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **52–13** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **57–8** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **58–7** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **29–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brianna Titone — primary (person)
- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- Meghan Lukens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T07:00:00+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/efacfbdc-fff1-43b1-9d6a-584ae953a0ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).