---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax Credit Employer Contributions To Employee 529s"
description: "The act extends the income tax credit for employer contributions to employee 529 qualified state tuition programs for an additional 10 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1109"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1109 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alec Garnett", "Bob Gardner", "Kevin Van Winkle", "Nancy Todd"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-15T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27bdaa5d-db78-45fd-a97d-58e64ddb5e5f"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1109"
source_hash: "99a04d58a4fdf73c5b15157e0aae4fc39bd0d58265db802acca4f56d8d9c9e06"
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 20-1109 (2020A) — Tax Credit Employer Contributions To Employee 529s

The act extends the income tax credit for employer contributions to employee 529 qualified state tuition programs for an additional 10 years.

## 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/2020a_hb1109_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/18/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1109_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/16/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1109_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/15/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1109_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1109_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (06/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1109_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (06/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1109_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1109_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **62–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alec Garnett — primary (person)
- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Nancy Todd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2020-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27bdaa5d-db78-45fd-a97d-58e64ddb5e5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).