---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tuition Waiver & Colorado National Guard Members"
description: "The act changes the tuition assistance program for eligible members of the Colorado National Guard (member) to a tuition waiver program (program). The act allows a member, upon being accepted for enrollment at a designated institution of higher education (institution), to pursue studies that lead to a postgraduate degree, a bachelor's degree, an associate degree, or a certificate of completion with all tuition waived. For a member, the tuition waiver must not exceed more than 65 credit hours at a designated 2-year institution of higher education and no more than 130 credit hours at a designated 4-year institution of higher education; except that the total credit hours for a member who attends both a 2-year institution and a 4-year institution must not exceed more than 145 credit hours. The department of military and veterans affairs (department) shall administer the program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "SB 25-247"
citation: "Colorado SB 25-247 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Jeff Bridges", "Rick Taggart", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9396d10-f164-4412-bee2-86be3c780261"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-247"
source_hash: "50efa92cbbabc338fba2c9f7d6d031f225da8fa914e4932f75d8d18ac0854c06"
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 25-247 (2025A) — Tuition Waiver & Colorado National Guard Members

The act changes the tuition assistance program for eligible members of the Colorado National Guard (member) to a tuition waiver program (program). The act allows a member, upon being accepted for enrollment at a designated institution of higher education (institution), to pursue studies that lead to a postgraduate degree, a bachelor's degree, an associate degree, or a certificate of completion with all tuition waived. For a member, the tuition waiver must not exceed more than 65 credit hours at a designated 2-year institution of higher education and no more than 130 credit hours at a designated 4-year institution of higher education; except that the total credit hours for a member who attends both a 2-year institution and a 4-year institution must not exceed more than 145 credit hours. The department of military and veterans affairs (department) shall administer the program.

## 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_sb247_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_247_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_247_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_247_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_247_s_app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_247_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_247_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/09/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_247_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_247_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **62–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Rick Taggart — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- B. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- D. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Garcia Sander — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Armagost — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bottoms — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+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
- **2025-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-08T06:00:00+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** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2025-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9396d10-f164-4412-bee2-86be3c780261`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).