republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1176.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Modify Fourth-Year Innovation Pilot Program	Under the fourth-year innovation pilot program (program), each year the general assembly appropriates an amount to the department of education (department) for the department to distribute to local education providers from which an eligible graduate graduated early. The act:Discontinues the requirement to appropriate money for distribution to eligible local education providers for eligible graduates who graduate during the 2025-26 school year; andRequires the department to prorate the amount distributed from the appropriation, if any. Under the program, an eligible graduate may receive funding for tuition, fees, books, transportation, and other costs of attendance associated with their postsecondary program if, among other requirements, the eligible graduate commences their postsecondary program within 18 months after graduating early. The act requires an eligible graduate who graduates early in the 2025-26 school year to commence their postsecondary program by December 31, 2026. Under current law, the department of higher education is required to submit a final program evaluation report, including the impacts and outcomes of the program on the student cohorts that participated in the program and recommended next steps for the program. The act repeals this requirement. The act reduces an appropriation to the department of higher education for the 2025-26 budget year by $30,958.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1176	Colorado HB 1176 (2026A)	bill	Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12) Higher Education	enacted	B. Kirkmeyer E. Sirota J. Amabile J. Bridges K. Brown R. Taggart	7	12	3	2026-02-06	2026-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/c9a4370a-3cee-4fb4-8833-17ac4d7900d0	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1176	c322cf621db017e7c30222a5fcd80b1defd15c301facf64d6a9c36c25b9fb534	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1176 (2026A) — Modify Fourth-Year Innovation Pilot Program

Under the fourth-year innovation pilot program (program), each year the general assembly appropriates an amount to the department of education (department) for the department to distribute to local education providers from which an eligible graduate graduated early. The act:Discontinues the requirement to appropriate money for distribution to eligible local education providers for eligible graduates who graduate during the 2025-26 school year; andRequires the department to prorate the amount distributed from the appropriation, if any. Under the program, an eligible graduate may receive funding for tuition, fees, books, transportation, and other costs of attendance associated with their postsecondary program if, among other requirements, the eligible graduate commences their postsecondary program within 18 months after graduating early. The act requires an eligible graduate who graduates early in the 2025-26 school year to commence their postsecondary program by December 31, 2026. Under current law, the department of higher education is required to submit a final program evaluation report, including the impacts and outcomes of the program on the student cohorts that participated in the program and recommended next steps for the program. The act repeals this requirement. The act reduces an appropriation to the department of higher education for the 2025-26 budget year by $30,958.(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

• Refer House Bill 26-1176 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer House Bill 26-1176 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
• E. Sirota — primary (person)
• J. Amabile — primary (person)
• J. Bridges — primary (person)
• K. Brown — primary (person)
• R. Taggart — primary (person)
• E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
• J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-26 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-03-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-03-17 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-16 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-02-20 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-19 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-02-18 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2026-02-17 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations introduction
• 2026-02-12 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-11 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-02-10 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9a4370a-3cee-4fb4-8833-17ac4d7900d0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).