republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1306.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Improving Educational Stability For Foster Youth	The bill aligns state law with federal 'Every Student Succeeds Act' (ESSA) provisions relating to students in foster care, referred to in state statutes as 'students in out-of-home placement'. ESSA permits students in out-of-home placement at any time during the school year to remain in their school of origin, as defined in the bill, rather than move to a different school upon placement outside of the home or changes in placement, unless the county department of human or social services (county department) determines that it is not in the child's best interest to remain in his or her school of origin. Specifically, the bill:	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	HB 18-1306	Colorado HB 18-1306 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Dafna Michaelson Jenet Dominick Moreno Don Coram	10	15	4	2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00	2018-06-01T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ce154f5e-ebbc-4708-9a06-f82df68042dd	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1306	78d51c31fdaf7cb8b34274aa5687426e7dc6766dfec70f2ecf04437f851065f5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 18-1306 (2018A) — Improving Educational Stability For Foster Youth

The bill aligns state law with federal 'Every Student Succeeds Act' (ESSA) provisions relating to students in foster care, referred to in state statutes as 'students in out-of-home placement'. ESSA permits students in out-of-home placement at any time during the school year to remain in their school of origin, as defined in the bill, rather than move to a different school upon placement outside of the home or changes in placement, unless the county department of human or social services (county department) determines that it is not in the child's best interest to remain in his or her school of origin. Specifically, the bill:

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/27/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/16/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/20/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/12/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/27/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (05/03/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (04/30/2018) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (05/04/2018) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (05/03/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 34–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 43–21 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 61–0 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 41–20 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
• Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
• Don Coram — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-05-15T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ce154f5e-ebbc-4708-9a06-f82df68042dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).