---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remote Testing & Online Education Programs"
description: "The act requires the department of education (department) to develop, review, and update state assessment administration and security policies (policies) for home-based, virtual administration of computer-based state assessments (assessments) for students enrolled full time in online schools or online programs. The policies must include, but are not limited to:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-070"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-070 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Paul Lundeen", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Rose Pugliese"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e27e02fb-a1ba-4a60-8326-cb91e5829361"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-070"
source_hash: "13ae4d8c8c199464f624d811e12f149fff9131db40d63da362d9eba3212d6262"
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 24-070 (2024A) — Remote Testing & Online Education Programs

The act requires the department of education (department) to develop, review, and update state assessment administration and security policies (policies) for home-based, virtual administration of computer-based state assessments (assessments) for students enrolled full time in online schools or online programs. The policies must include, but are not limited 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_sb070_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_070_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_070_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_070_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_070_s_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_070_s_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/13/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_070_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_070_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_070_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_070_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **60–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Paul Lundeen — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
- Rose Pugliese — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2024-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/e27e02fb-a1ba-4a60-8326-cb91e5829361`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).