---
type: "Bill"
title: "First-Generation-Serving Higher Education Institutions"
description: "The act requires the department of higher education (department) to:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1082"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1082 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Coleman", "Janice Rich", "Javier Mabrey", "Rick Taggart"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d93fe400-f419-4cd9-97f3-1a749d8a189a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1082"
source_hash: "60930b2b87a81e137c3748ce7e41f57e09d49e328213654cc2d9a3923d03d148"
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 24-1082 (2024A) — First-Generation-Serving Higher Education Institutions

The act requires the department of higher education (department) to:

## 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/2024a_hb1082_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1082_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/09/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1082_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1082_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1082_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1082_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/20/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1082_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1082_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/11/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1082_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **55–9** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **29–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- Javier Mabrey — primary (person)
- Rick Taggart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2024-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10T07:00:00+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/d93fe400-f419-4cd9-97f3-1a749d8a189a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).