---
type: "Bill"
title: "News Access for Consumers Who Are Print-Disabled"
description: "The act directs providers of on-demand news and information services to Coloradans who are blind or print-disabled to expand their services and increase the number of Coloradans who are blind or print-disabled who are aware of such services. The expansion of services includes providing an expanded array of information and literacy support services throughout the state, such as a variety of communication-related assistive technologies and blindness-related services; introductory training; and methods to find and use additional resources in or near communities where a person lives. Other expanded services may include information sharing, marketing of expanded services, and other methods for informing persons who are blind or print-disabled about the on-demand news and information services; support services for users to resolve technical questions; and the provision of information about communication-related assistive technologies. The state librarian is authorized to administer money in the reading services for the blind cash fund for the support of privately operated reading services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-153"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-153 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Ortiz", "Jessie Danielson", "Stephanie Vigil"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c01809bb-f0b3-4368-91b6-8ecadde4f972"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-153"
source_hash: "4da23de52be024b9319b9b9cece2a2a1d05c3369c521c9474521a038c69b64c7"
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 24-153 (2024A) — News Access for Consumers Who Are Print-Disabled

The act directs providers of on-demand news and information services to Coloradans who are blind or print-disabled to expand their services and increase the number of Coloradans who are blind or print-disabled who are aware of such services. The expansion of services includes providing an expanded array of information and literacy support services throughout the state, such as a variety of communication-related assistive technologies and blindness-related services; introductory training; and methods to find and use additional resources in or near communities where a person lives. Other expanded services may include information sharing, marketing of expanded services, and other methods for informing persons who are blind or print-disabled about the on-demand news and information services; support services for users to resolve technical questions; and the provision of information about communication-related assistive technologies. The state librarian is authorized to administer money in the reading services for the blind cash fund for the support of privately operated reading services.

## 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_sb153_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_153_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/14/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_153_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_153_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_153_s_blt_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_153_s_blt_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_153_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_153_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_153_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_153_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **52–11** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **26–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Ortiz — primary (person)
- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
- Stephanie Vigil — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c01809bb-f0b3-4368-91b6-8ecadde4f972`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).