---
type: "Bill"
title: "Work-Based Learning Experiences in Higher Education"
description: "The act creates the work-based learning consortium pilot program (pilot program) in the department of higher education (department). The purpose of the 3-year pilot program is to:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1186"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1186 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Janice Rich", "Matthew Martinez", "Meghan Lukens"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e35849f-820c-4247-b166-263963d11328"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1186"
source_hash: "65bba2a69ac55f5a0f61aef16b768b2fbc08922278f6f034f9cffae1fcdd05a7"
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 25-1186 (2025A) — Work-Based Learning Experiences in Higher Education

The act creates the work-based learning consortium pilot program (pilot program) in the department of higher education (department). The purpose of the 3-year pilot program is 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/2025a_hb1186_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1186_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1186_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1186_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/06/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1186_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1186_h_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1186_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/05/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1186_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1186_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1186_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **51–14** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- Matthew Martinez — primary (person)
- Meghan Lukens — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T07:00:00+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/3e35849f-820c-4247-b166-263963d11328`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).