---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consolidate Colorado Educator Programs In Colorado Department of Education"
description: "The act consolidates the review and approval process for educator preparation programs under the department of education and the state board of education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-258"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-258 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Janet Buckner", "Mary Bradfield", "Paul Lundeen"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7e959c7-0b8f-4c6f-913c-b636af2aeb3b"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-258"
source_hash: "600e0cf62d946cc5968cca566255006f5e4bcffddba3212ec77cdb975f0a86a3"
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 23-258 (2023A) — Consolidate Colorado Educator Programs In Colorado Department of Education

The act consolidates the review and approval process for educator preparation programs under the department of education and the state board of education.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_sb258_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_258_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_258_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_258_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_258_s_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_258_s_ed_02.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_258_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_258_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_258_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_258_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PERM — **61–2** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **61–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **61–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- Mary Bradfield — primary (person)
- Paul Lundeen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+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/e7e959c7-0b8f-4c6f-913c-b636af2aeb3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).