---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standards for Decisions Regarding Library Resources"
description: "The board of trustees of a public library (board) is required to establish written policies for the acquisition, retention, display, and use of library resources and for the use of a public library facility. If a public library reconsiders library resources, the board is also required to establish a written policy for the reconsideration of a library resource. The board is required to comply with specified standards in establishing a policy for the acquisition, retention, display, use, and reconsideration of library resources and for the use of public library facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-216"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-216 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Eliza Hamrick", "Junie Joseph", "Lisa Cutter"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99082adf-619f-4015-9d2b-921185e53505"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-216"
source_hash: "4e062af928678b930c2b1126bc298d51573618653fef72cfd196e84050d540a3"
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 24-216 (2024A) — Standards for Decisions Regarding Library Resources

The board of trustees of a public library (board) is required to establish written policies for the acquisition, retention, display, and use of library resources and for the use of a public library facility. If a public library reconsiders library resources, the board is also required to establish a written policy for the reconsideration of a library resource. The board is required to comply with specified standards in establishing a policy for the acquisition, retention, display, use, and reconsideration of library resources and for the use of public library facilities.

## 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_sb216_h_thl_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_216_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_216_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_216_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_216_s_ed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (05/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_216_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_216_rr2.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_216_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/31/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_216_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMEND — **12–23** (fail) · upper
- REPASS — **22–12** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **43–18** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Eliza Hamrick — primary (person)
- Junie Joseph — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `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, Floor
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24T06:00:00+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/99082adf-619f-4015-9d2b-921185e53505`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).