---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Continue Early Childhood Leadership Commission"
description: "The act continues the early childhood leadership commission (commission) housed in the department of early childhood for 5 years, repealing on September 1, 2030. Before its repeal, the commission is subject to a sunset review."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "SB 25-177"
citation: "Colorado SB 25-177 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cathy Kipp", "Emily Sirota", "Mary Bradfield", "Scott Bright"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-21T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a45a3f88-1a0e-4079-ae61-49e1b9937e61"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-177"
source_hash: "d406b462a55a10216682126a63763460fc01652b75cc38b3692582e6941ab310"
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 25-177 (2025A) — Sunset Continue Early Childhood Leadership Commission

The act continues the early childhood leadership commission (commission) housed in the department of early childhood for 5 years, repealing on September 1, 2030. Before its repeal, the commission is subject to a sunset review.

## 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_sb177_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/28/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_177_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_177_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/21/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_177_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_177_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/21/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_177_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/17/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_177_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/05/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_177_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **53–11** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **32–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
- Mary Bradfield — primary (person)
- Scott Bright — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rich — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Garcia Sander — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lundeen — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21T07:00:00+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/a45a3f88-1a0e-4079-ae61-49e1b9937e61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).