republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-281.md

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Bill	Limited Transferability Of College Credits Notice	The act requires all non-regionally-accredited higher education institutions to provide incoming students with an enrollment agreement before the student enrolls. The agreement must include information about where students can obtain statewide credit for prior learning and a notice explaining that individual credits obtained at the non-regionally-accredited higher institution may not transfer to other colleges or universities in certain circumstances. The act does not apply to private occupational schools.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	SB 23-281	Colorado SB 23-281 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Barbara McLachlan Rachel Zenzinger	9	13	2	2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00	2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e2d7312b-bbac-4017-a137-53d65b8aa1f7	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-281	9441419eda25951d8fcfef1fb2dacd041fda941329b93fce19b926cf3fb3ea0e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 23-281 (2023A) — Limited Transferability Of College Credits Notice

The act requires all non-regionally-accredited higher education institutions to provide incoming students with an enrollment agreement before the student enrolls. The agreement must include information about where students can obtain statewide credit for prior learning and a notice explaining that individual credits obtained at the non-regionally-accredited higher institution may not transfer to other colleges or universities in certain circumstances. The act does not apply to private occupational schools.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/26/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/15/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/12/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/25/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (04/27/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/06/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (05/03/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/06/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 64–1 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 28–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
• Rachel Zenzinger — 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 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 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
• 2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2d7312b-bbac-4017-a137-53d65b8aa1f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).