---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dyslexia Screening and READ Act Requirements"
description: "The act clarifies when a teacher may conclude that an early elementary school student has a significant reading deficiency requiring remediation through a specialized approach to instruction (READ plan) based on a body of evidence that includes information in addition to the student's scores on a reading assessment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "SB 25-200"
citation: "Colorado SB 25-200 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kolker", "Eliza Hamrick", "Kyle Mullica", "Matt Soper"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f08c4fd-1eb7-4ef3-a5e1-823352d3e5b6"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-200"
source_hash: "ab1c30b07081339a7e1c7cb5db76d7dbfaa3122284ac1c918e15d9bfe81cad79"
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 25-200 (2025A) — Dyslexia Screening and READ Act Requirements

The act clarifies when a teacher may conclude that an early elementary school student has a significant reading deficiency requiring remediation through a specialized approach to instruction (READ plan) based on a body of evidence that includes information in addition to the student's scores on a reading assessment.

## 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_sb200_h_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_200_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_200_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/18/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_200_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_200_s_ed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_200_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_200_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_200_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/23/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_200_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **60–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Kolker — primary (person)
- Eliza Hamrick — primary (person)
- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- B. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rich — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Garcia Sander — cosponsor (person)
- L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Baisley — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- R. Pugliese — cosponsor (person)
- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **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 - Floor
- **2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2025-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T06:00:00+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/8f08c4fd-1eb7-4ef3-a5e1-823352d3e5b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).