---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal School Transformation Grant Program Administration Cap"
description: "The act repeals the cap on the amount of money the department of education (department) may expend on administrative costs for the school transformation grant program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-218"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-218 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Rod Bockenfeld", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0413e333-bec4-47c2-a645-686a69525a25"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-218"
source_hash: "5b44188b61d8b0b685e27608111d451e2f341dd022572d37c8afa7179cabb3ed"
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 23-218 (2023A) — Repeal School Transformation Grant Program Administration Cap

The act repeals the cap on the amount of money the department of education (department) may expend on administrative costs for the school transformation grant program.

## 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_sb218_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_218_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_218_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_218_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_218_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_218_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_218_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_218_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **46–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
- Rod Bockenfeld — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0413e333-bec4-47c2-a645-686a69525a25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).