---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community Schoolyards Grant Program"
description: "The act creates the community schoolyards grant program (grant program) in the division of local government (division) within the department of local affairs (department). The grant program is a 2-part grant program that includes:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1061"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1061 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Jennifer Bacon", "Judy Amabile", "Rick Taggart"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93e5b571-b718-4e3d-b8e5-616baf22a298"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1061"
source_hash: "bee7604428a7811058cc7be58a61201df27486012ea9f6cbd5575f0f7ee61e3a"
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 25-1061 (2025A) — Community Schoolyards Grant Program

The act creates the community schoolyards grant program (grant program) in the division of local government (division) within the department of local affairs (department). The grant program is a 2-part grant program that includes:

## 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/2025a_hb1061_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1061_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1061_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1061_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1061_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1061_h_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/28/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1061_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1061_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1061_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1061_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **52–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Rick Taggart — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
- L. Feret — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- P. Lundeen — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2025-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08T07:00:00+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/93e5b571-b718-4e3d-b8e5-616baf22a298`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).