republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-123.md

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Bill	Seal Of Biliteracy For High School Diplomas	The bill authorizes a school district, BOCES, or institute charter high school to grant a diploma endorsement in biliteracy to a student who demonstrates proficiency in English and at least one foreign language. The bill establishes the requirements a graduating high school student must meet to obtain the biliteracy endorsement.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-123	Colorado SB 17-123 (2017A)	bill		enacted	James Wilson Kevin Priola Millie Hamner Rachel Zenzinger	8	17	2	2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00	2017-03-30T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/184be13f-4731-4622-95b5-48efe98697d0	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-123	1f9b0d849cab5c0c7c425a298460aa95092451d59cb7cebe7bbf759afdce0e69	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-123 (2017A) — Seal Of Biliteracy For High School Diplomas

The bill authorizes a school district, BOCES, or institute charter high school to grant a diploma endorsement in biliteracy to a student who demonstrates proficiency in English and at least one foreign language. The bill establishes the requirements a graduating high school student must meet to obtain the biliteracy endorsement.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/14/2017) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/22/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/27/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (02/15/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (03/06/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (03/02/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (03/30/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer Senate Bill 17-123 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-2. — 11–2 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-123 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 6-1. — 6–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• James Wilson — primary (person)
• Kevin Priola — primary (person)
• Millie Hamner — primary (person)
• Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-30T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-03-15T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 03/15/2017
• 2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over to 03/06/2017 - No Amendments
• 2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
• 2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-2
• 2017-02-08T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/184be13f-4731-4622-95b5-48efe98697d0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).