republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-174.md

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Bill	Dependent Tuition Assistance Program Eligibility	State institutions of higher education - tuition assistance - dependents of military members - dependents of law enforcement officers and firefighters. A dependent of a prisoner of war or military personnel missing in action, a dependent of a person who died or was permanently disabled while on duty as a Colorado National Guardsman, or a dependent of any person who has been permanently disabled or killed while acting as a police officer, sheriff, or other law enforcement officer or firefighter (dependent) who is eligible for state tuition assistance and federal educational benefits pursuant to the federal "Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act" may receive the state tuition assistance prior to receiving the federal benefit. The state tuition assistance available to a dependent is reduced by the amount of any federal educational benefit provided to the dependent.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2019A	SB 19-174	Colorado SB 19-174 (2019A)	bill		enacted	Bri Buentello Leroy Garcia Owen Hill Patrick Neville	8	12	2	2019-03-01T07:00:00+00:00	2019-05-14T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/cb8e08c8-9eeb-487f-a75d-c4b7af2b03d2	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-174	29bdeb3e523fa2114c58003bcb0b8ee70935b8d70009168158311abe1f87fffb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 19-174 (2019A) — Dependent Tuition Assistance Program Eligibility

State institutions of higher education - tuition assistance - dependents of military members - dependents of law enforcement officers and firefighters. A dependent of a prisoner of war or military personnel missing in action, a dependent of a person who died or was permanently disabled while on duty as a Colorado National Guardsman, or a dependent of any person who has been permanently disabled or killed while acting as a police officer, sheriff, or other law enforcement officer or firefighter (dependent) who is eligible for state tuition assistance and federal educational benefits pursuant to the federal "Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act" may receive the state tuition assistance prior to receiving the federal benefit. The state tuition assistance available to a dependent is reduced by the amount of any federal educational benefit provided to the dependent.(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. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/25/2019) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/29/2019) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/01/2019) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (03/26/2019) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (04/19/2019) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (04/18/2019) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (05/14/2019) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 64–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 34–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bri Buentello — primary (person)
• Leroy Garcia — primary (person)
• Owen Hill — primary (person)
• Patrick Neville — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-14T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2019-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2019-03-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2019-03-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2019-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2019-03-01T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb8e08c8-9eeb-487f-a75d-c4b7af2b03d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).