---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Counselors Early Support For Students"
description: "Under current law, a public school that includes any of grades 7 through 12 is eligible to receive a grant through the behavioral health care professional matching grant program. Sections 2 to 5 of the bill add elementary schools to the list of public schools eligible to receive a grant through the program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-068"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-068 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan Singer", "Nancy Todd"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eacc9381-581c-4f53-9523-ffb4150b6357"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-068"
source_hash: "6e636a5afee0a33035ff4e7d2b0518c4eebbc8661bf67faf0c5473eaf238035a"
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 17-068 (2017A) — School Counselors Early Support For Students

Under current law, a public school that includes any of grades 7 through 12 is eligible to receive a grant through the behavioral health care professional matching grant program. Sections 2 to 5 of the bill add elementary schools to the list of public schools eligible to receive a grant through the program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_SB068_H_ED_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/23/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_068_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/13/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_068_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/13/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_068_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_068_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_068_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/31/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_068_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_068_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 17-068 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-2. — **5–2** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-068 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 7-5. — **7–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jonathan Singer — primary (person)
- Nancy Todd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-13T07:00:00+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/eacc9381-581c-4f53-9523-ffb4150b6357`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).