republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020b/hb-20b-1001.md

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Bill	Grants To Improve Internet Access In P-12 Education	The bill creates the connecting Colorado students grant program (program) to provide grants to local education providers to use in providing broadband service and other technology for increased internet access for students, educators, and other staff. The program is created in the department of education (department). The department reviews applications, and the commissioner of education (commissioner) awards the grants. The department must consult with the office of information technology, the office of economic development, and broadband and education technology experts in reviewing the applications.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2020B	HB 20B-1001	Colorado HB 20B-1001 (2020B)	bill		enacted	Don Coram Kerry Donovan Mary Young Matt Soper	9	15	4	2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00	2020-12-07T07:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a7249079-37fe-4c5b-ae65-aa800b4bdd79	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20b-1001	436dfe33cff91940e7397e4fb880be3b908f321ecfffc9ae406c2363c5d8781d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 20B-1001 (2020B) — Grants To Improve Internet Access In P-12 Education

The bill creates the connecting Colorado students grant program (program) to provide grants to local education providers to use in providing broadband service and other technology for increased internet access for students, educators, and other staff. The program is created in the department of education (department). The department reviews applications, and the commissioner of education (commissioner) awards the grants. The department must consult with the office of information technology, the office of economic development, and broadband and education technology experts in reviewing the applications.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (11/30/2020) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (12/04/2020) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (11/30/2020) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (12/01/2020) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (12/01/2020) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (12/02/2020) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (12/01/2020) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (12/07/2020) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 51–14 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 51–13 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — 54–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Don Coram — primary (person)
• Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
• Mary Young — primary (person)
• Matt Soper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-07T07:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2020-12-04T07:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-12-04T07:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-12-04T07:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2020-12-02T07:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2020-12-02T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance introduction
• 2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-2
• 2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7249079-37fe-4c5b-ae65-aa800b4bdd79. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).