republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/sb-24-153.md

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Bill	News Access for Consumers Who Are Print-Disabled	The act directs providers of on-demand news and information services to Coloradans who are blind or print-disabled to expand their services and increase the number of Coloradans who are blind or print-disabled who are aware of such services. The expansion of services includes providing an expanded array of information and literacy support services throughout the state, such as a variety of communication-related assistive technologies and blindness-related services; introductory training; and methods to find and use additional resources in or near communities where a person lives. Other expanded services may include information sharing, marketing of expanded services, and other methods for informing persons who are blind or print-disabled about the on-demand news and information services; support services for users to resolve technical questions; and the provision of information about communication-related assistive technologies. The state librarian is authorized to administer money in the reading services for the blind cash fund for the support of privately operated reading services.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2024A	SB 24-153	Colorado SB 24-153 (2024A)	bill		enacted	David Ortiz Jessie Danielson Stephanie Vigil	10	14	2	2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00	2024-06-07T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c01809bb-f0b3-4368-91b6-8ecadde4f972	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-153	4da23de52be024b9319b9b9cece2a2a1d05c3369c521c9474521a038c69b64c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 24-153 (2024A) — News Access for Consumers Who Are Print-Disabled

The act directs providers of on-demand news and information services to Coloradans who are blind or print-disabled to expand their services and increase the number of Coloradans who are blind or print-disabled who are aware of such services. The expansion of services includes providing an expanded array of information and literacy support services throughout the state, such as a variety of communication-related assistive technologies and blindness-related services; introductory training; and methods to find and use additional resources in or near communities where a person lives. Other expanded services may include information sharing, marketing of expanded services, and other methods for informing persons who are blind or print-disabled about the on-demand news and information services; support services for users to resolve technical questions; and the provision of information about communication-related assistive technologies. The state librarian is authorized to administer money in the reading services for the blind cash fund for the support of privately operated reading services.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (05/01/2024) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/14/2024) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/07/2024) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/01/2024) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (05/01/2024) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (05/02/2024) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (05/08/2024) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (05/07/2024) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (06/07/2024) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 52–11 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 26–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Ortiz — primary (person)
• Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
• Stephanie Vigil — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-07T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-14T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2024-05-14T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction
• 2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c01809bb-f0b3-4368-91b6-8ecadde4f972. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).