---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher Licensing Requirements"
description: "The act requires that an applicant for a teacher license disclose misdemeanor convictions that occurred in the last 7 years, except traffic misdemeanors, unless:The misdemeanor was committed against an at-risk person or a child; or The department of education has specified that the misdemeanor is grounds for denial, annulment, suspension, or revocation of a license, certificate, endorsement, or authorization. The act requires that an applicant for a teacher license disclose any misdemeanor conviction in the 2 above categories, regardless of the date of conviction.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1090"
citation: "Colorado HB 1090 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Gonzales", "J. Mabrey", "M. Martinez", "S. Luck"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 13
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1404b6a-005e-4756-ad1e-e9436cb794e5"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1090"
source_hash: "7d22539c824d8480383d281bcd8e805dc99fe75e27fd3db3617834d25de3a86d"
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 1090 (2026A) — Teacher Licensing Requirements

The act requires that an applicant for a teacher license disclose misdemeanor convictions that occurred in the last 7 years, except traffic misdemeanors, unless:The misdemeanor was committed against an at-risk person or a child; or The department of education has specified that the misdemeanor is grounds for denial, annulment, suspension, or revocation of a license, certificate, endorsement, or authorization. The act requires that an applicant for a teacher license disclose any misdemeanor conviction in the 2 above categories, regardless of the date of conviction.(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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111189/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113123/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114467/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113155/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113797/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113734/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114947/download)

## Votes

- AMEND — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1090 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.001 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1090, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Gonzales — primary (person)
- J. Mabrey — primary (person)
- M. Martinez — primary (person)
- S. Luck — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- B. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- M. Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Soper — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- S. Slaugh — cosponsor (person)
- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-20** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-26** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2026-03-23** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-16** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2026-03-11** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2026-02-18** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-02-12** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** 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/a1404b6a-005e-4756-ad1e-e9436cb794e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).