---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student State Assessment in Social Studies"
description: "The act eliminates the requirement for the department of education (department) to administer a state assessment in social studies to elementary school students and specifies that the department is only required to administer a state assessment in social studies to students enrolled in seventh grade in a public school. The act also eliminates the requirement that the department administer a state assessment in social studies in a representative sample of public schools each year. The act reduces by the appropriation made in the annual general appropriation act for the 2026-27 state fiscal year to the department of education from the state education fund for the statewide assessment program by $302,835.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1353"
citation: "Colorado HB 1353 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Kirkmeyer", "E. Sirota", "J. Amabile", "J. Bridges", "K. Brown", "R. Taggart"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-04-02"
last_action: "2026-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c81ea4d1-4eaa-45c6-adc5-43ca957767a5"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1353"
source_hash: "bd097c3654bd4f83bc13afb516f5388d7d7ff8a4315551ad76a77205f25ce18d"
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 1353 (2026A) — Student State Assessment in Social Studies

The act eliminates the requirement for the department of education (department) to administer a state assessment in social studies to elementary school students and specifies that the department is only required to administer a state assessment in social studies to students enrolled in seventh grade in a public school. The act also eliminates the requirement that the department administer a state assessment in social studies in a representative sample of public schools each year. The act reduces by the appropriation made in the annual general appropriation act for the 2026-27 state fiscal year to the department of education from the state education fund for the statewide assessment program by $302,835.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114002/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114278/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116719/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114394/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114766/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114677/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116797/download)

## Votes

- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1353 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1353 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- E. Sirota — primary (person)
- J. Amabile — primary (person)
- J. Bridges — primary (person)
- K. Brown — primary (person)
- R. Taggart — primary (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-28** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-27** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-15** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-14** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2026-04-11** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-09** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-08** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-06** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Introduced In House - 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/c81ea4d1-4eaa-45c6-adc5-43ca957767a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).