---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative Advisory Board"
description: "The act amends the composition of the Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative advisory board.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-179"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-179 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Cathy Kipp", "Mike Lynch", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edb9ed4f-178f-48f3-9032-a9629d6a8ad4"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-179"
source_hash: "310f47a6c631d457422295008c30911cce0b1c70c9bace0132bb00267de51fc0"
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 21-179 (2021A) — Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative Advisory Board

The act amends the composition of the Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative advisory board.(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/2021a_sb179_h_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_179_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_179_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_179_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_179_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_179_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_179_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_179_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **49–15** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Mike Lynch — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10T07:00:00+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/edb9ed4f-178f-48f3-9032-a9629d6a8ad4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).