---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mill Levy Equalization"
description: "Current law requires the general assembly to appropriate or transfer money to the mill levy equalization fund (fund) for institute charter school (institute) funding. The act repeals the fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1394"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1394 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Rick Taggart", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-25T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6283bfab-5381-4ba4-a851-033cd5e5c547"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1394"
source_hash: "34562294f7ca53786dd1ad264660a41c9315328944226a3f7d6287e84b4efcdd"
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 24-1394 (2024A) — Mill Levy Equalization

Current law requires the general assembly to appropriate or transfer money to the mill levy equalization fund (fund) for institute charter school (institute) funding. The act repeals the fund.

## 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_hb1394_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1394_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1394_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1394_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/27/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1394_h_app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1394_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1394_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1394_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/18/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1394_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **45–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–4** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **9–24** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
- Rick Taggart — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2024-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/6283bfab-5381-4ba4-a851-033cd5e5c547`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).