---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expand Teacher Cadet Program Include Early Childhood Education"
description: "Teacher cadet program - early childhood education. The act clarifies that high school students who are interested in early childhood education may participate in the teacher cadet program in high schools.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1137"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1137 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald Valdez", "James Wilson", "Kevin Priola"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-25T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11964ff5-bb7c-4991-82a6-54cd972f0fd2"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1137"
source_hash: "0175627ac81a51c9efad580b7844fb286e36d67068cc8068cd964f9038ffb44a"
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 19-1137 (2019A) — Expand Teacher Cadet Program Include Early Childhood Education

Teacher cadet program - early childhood education. The act clarifies that high school students who are interested in early childhood education may participate in the teacher cadet program in high schools.(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. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_hb1137_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1137_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1137_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1137_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1137_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1137_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/11/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1137_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1137_signed.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Donald Valdez — primary (person)
- James Wilson — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2019-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/11964ff5-bb7c-4991-82a6-54cd972f0fd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).