---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Graduation Attire"
description: "The act allows a preschool, public school, or public college or university student to wear objects of cultural or religious significance as an adornment at a graduation ceremony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1323"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1323 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth Velasco", "Rhonda Fields", "Tim Hernández"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-20T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e01c129-4caf-41a5-a49e-bdaf3fb43023"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1323"
source_hash: "c5813de9f4430063a42db94a44d01d19e640d71f27e179130bc87d78ae50818a"
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 24-1323 (2024A) — School Graduation Attire

The act allows a preschool, public school, or public college or university student to wear objects of cultural or religious significance as an adornment at a graduation ceremony.

## 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_hb1323_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1323_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1323_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/20/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1323_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1323_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/11/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1323_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1323_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/11/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1323_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1323_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **43–17** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **44–17** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **21–11** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **43–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth Velasco — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Tim Hernández — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2024-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2024-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-02-29T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T07:00:00+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/6e01c129-4caf-41a5-a49e-bdaf3fb43023`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).