republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-003.md

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Bill	Colorado Adult High School Program	The act creates the Colorado adult high school program (program) in the office responsible for adult education within the department of education (department). The purpose of the program is to create a pathway for Coloradans who are 21 years of age or older and do not have a high school diploma to attend high school and earn a diploma at no cost. Students may also earn industry-recognized certificates, career and technical education certificates, or college credits at no cost through the program.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	SB 23-003	Colorado SB 23-003 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Bob Gardner Don Wilson Janet Buckner Mike Weissman	11	15	4	2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00	2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/473283fe-feb6-4c9c-9c01-cca24327e1fe	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-003	7910e2b574495bc7a471fc09626a05cc4b967e3a4b835e233d303f93bacce634	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 23-003 (2023A) — Colorado Adult High School Program

The act creates the Colorado adult high school program (program) in the office responsible for adult education within the department of education (department). The purpose of the program is to create a pathway for Coloradans who are 21 years of age or older and do not have a high school diploma to attend high school and earn a diploma at no cost. Students may also earn industry-recognized certificates, career and technical education certificates, or college credits at no cost through the program.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/24/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/15/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/09/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (01/26/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/24/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (05/04/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (04/25/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (05/06/2023) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (05/05/2023) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (06/06/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONCUR — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 32–3 (pass) · upper
• REPASS — 33–2 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 55–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bob Gardner — primary (person)
• Don Wilson — primary (person)
• Janet Buckner — primary (person)
• Mike Weissman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-01-25T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/473283fe-feb6-4c9c-9c01-cca24327e1fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).