republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1006.md

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Bill	Thriving Institution Designations for Higher Education	On or before December 31, 2027, the act requires the department of higher education (department) to establish thriving institution designations and, on or before January 1, 2027, to establish an advisory committee to provide input to the department on the outcome and recognition standards and continuous improvements set by the department to identify institutions of higher education (institutions) that meet the requirements for one or more thriving institution designations. The act requires the department, with input from the advisory committee, to:Identify institutions that meet the outcome and recognition standards to be designated as a thriving institution;Notify each institution that meets the outcome standards to be designated as a thriving institution and request the institution to respond within 10 calendar days with the institution's decision of whether to be recognized as a thriving institution;Post on the department's website the names of the institutions that earn a thriving institution designation and agree to be listed as a thriving institution; andNotify the general assembly of the names of the institutions that are recognized as thriving institutions.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1006	Colorado HB 1006 (2026A)	bill	Higher Education	enacted	D. Roberts E. Velasco M. Martinez	7	14	12	2026-01-14	2026-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/14ec55f3-7fea-48aa-9936-aab208c5cb9a	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1006	fa35bd04c8d14e33201ae1d724f5118434e827381add95585f946c7ad43dc257	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1006 (2026A) — Thriving Institution Designations for Higher Education

On or before December 31, 2027, the act requires the department of higher education (department) to establish thriving institution designations and, on or before January 1, 2027, to establish an advisory committee to provide input to the department on the outcome and recognition standards and continuous improvements set by the department to identify institutions of higher education (institutions) that meet the requirements for one or more thriving institution designations. The act requires the department, with input from the advisory committee, to:Identify institutions that meet the outcome and recognition standards to be designated as a thriving institution;Notify each institution that meets the outcome standards to be designated as a thriving institution and request the institution to respond within 10 calendar days with the institution's decision of whether to be recognized as a thriving institution;Post on the department's website the names of the institutions that earn a thriving institution designation and agree to be listed as a thriving institution; andNotify the general assembly of the names of the institutions that are recognized as thriving institutions.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
6. Revised (committee substitute) — source
7. Signed Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt amendment L.002 — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.003 — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.001 — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1006, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.010 — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.013 — pass (pass) · upper
• REPASS — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer House Bill 26-1006 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — pass (pass) · upper
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.012 — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer House Bill 26-1006, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• D. Roberts — primary (person)
• E. Velasco — primary (person)
• M. Martinez — primary (person)
• A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
• A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
• B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
• E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
• J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
• J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
• J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
• J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
• L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
• L. García — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
• M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
• R. English — cosponsor (person)
• S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
• S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
• T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
• T. Story — cosponsor (person)
• Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-01 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-05-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-20 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-05-20 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-05-04 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2026-05-01 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-30 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2026-04-27 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-03-30 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2026-03-25 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-24 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2026-03-20 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/14ec55f3-7fea-48aa-9936-aab208c5cb9a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).