republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1160.md

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Bill	Kindergarten Through Third Grade English Learner Reading Assessment Language	The bill specifies that, if a student enrolled in kindergarten or one of grades one through 3 is an English language learner, the school district or charter school in which the student is enrolled will decide whether the student takes the reading assessments in English or in the student's native language if there is an approved assessment available in the student's native language. If the student takes the assessments in his or her native language, the school district or charter school may also administer the assessments in English if requested by the student's parent. If a student who is an English language learner takes the reading assessments in his or her native language, the school district or charter school must determine the level of English proficiency at which the student will take the reading assessments in English and communicate that proficiency level to the student's parent.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	HB 17-1160	Colorado HB 17-1160 (2017A)	bill		enacted	James Wilson Kevin Priola Millie Hamner Rhonda Fields	12	18	4	2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00	2017-06-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/06f39941-553a-44c4-9af0-256c360648eb	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1160	d40c8c0c3293bc2eedb37da1e46f703e37e2f26cbcc0884644ff2807f0eb8a67	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 17-1160 (2017A) — Kindergarten Through Third Grade English Learner Reading Assessment Language

The bill specifies that, if a student enrolled in kindergarten or one of grades one through 3 is an English language learner, the school district or charter school in which the student is enrolled will decide whether the student takes the reading assessments in English or in the student's native language if there is an approved assessment available in the student's native language. If the student takes the assessments in his or her native language, the school district or charter school may also administer the assessments in English if requested by the student's parent. If a student who is an English language learner takes the reading assessments in his or her native language, the school district or charter school must determine the level of English proficiency at which the student will take the reading assessments in English and communicate that proficiency level to the student's parent.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.001 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment L.003 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (03/02/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Final Act (05/15/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Introduced (02/06/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA1 (02/28/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. PA2 (04/07/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Reengrossed (03/03/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Rerevised (04/19/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. Revised (04/11/2017) (committee substitute) — source
12. Signed Act (06/06/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer House Bill 17-1160, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment C). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment E). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1160, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-2. — 5–2 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• James Wilson — primary (person)
• Kevin Priola — primary (person)
• Millie Hamner — primary (person)
• Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-06T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-05-15T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-15T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/06f39941-553a-44c4-9af0-256c360648eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).