republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/sb-24-162.md

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Bill	Best Practices to Prevent Discrimination in Schools	The act requires the department of education (department) to enter into an agreement with an organization (selected organization) to develop best practices for local education providers to effectively respond to reports of harassment or discrimination. The department shall convene an evaluation committee to select the organization. The evaluation committee consists of representatives from school districts, an organization that advocates for students who face harassment or discrimination, and the office of school safety; persons with lived experience of harassment or discrimination; and students. The selected organization shall submit a report to the department, the office of school safety, and the general assembly's education committees that includes an explanation of the best practices developed by the selected organization.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2024A	SB 24-162	Colorado SB 24-162 (2024A)	bill		enacted	Faith Winter Janice Marchman Jennifer Bacon Leslie Herod	10	15	2	2024-02-20T07:00:00+00:00	2024-06-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/181ccf51-1e5a-4f77-9aa5-542b4fa7aae5	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-162	ed66a51624dc756b1ed788dd0286ac4f930ccb49a57b2ee9a81d2f7f320abc12	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 24-162 (2024A) — Best Practices to Prevent Discrimination in Schools

The act requires the department of education (department) to enter into an agreement with an organization (selected organization) to develop best practices for local education providers to effectively respond to reports of harassment or discrimination. The department shall convene an evaluation committee to select the organization. The evaluation committee consists of representatives from school districts, an organization that advocates for students who face harassment or discrimination, and the office of school safety; persons with lived experience of harassment or discrimination; and students. The selected organization shall submit a report to the department, the office of school safety, and the general assembly's education committees that includes an explanation of the best practices developed by the selected organization.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/23/2024) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/16/2024) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/20/2024) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/07/2024) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/19/2024) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (04/24/2024) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (05/06/2024) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (05/05/2024) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (06/06/2024) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 22–12 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 44–18 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Faith Winter — primary (person)
• Janice Marchman — primary (person)
• Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
• Leslie Herod — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-06T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Amended
• 2024-03-06T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-20T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/181ccf51-1e5a-4f77-9aa5-542b4fa7aae5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).