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Bill Student State Assessment in Social Studies The act eliminates the requirement for the department of education (department) to administer a state assessment in social studies to elementary school students and specifies that the department is only required to administer a state assessment in social studies to students enrolled in seventh grade in a public school. The act also eliminates the requirement that the department administer a state assessment in social studies in a representative sample of public schools each year. The act reduces by the appropriation made in the annual general appropriation act for the 2026-27 state fiscal year to the department of education from the state education fund for the statewide assessment program by $302,835.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) us/states/co Colorado General Assembly 2026A HB 1353 Colorado HB 1353 (2026A)
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Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
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B. Kirkmeyer
E. Sirota
J. Amabile
J. Bridges
K. Brown
R. Taggart
7 13 3 2026-04-02 2026-05-28 openstates ocd-bill/c81ea4d1-4eaa-45c6-adc5-43ca957767a5 https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1353 bd097c3654bd4f83bc13afb516f5388d7d7ff8a4315551ad76a77205f25ce18d 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Colorado HB 1353 (2026A) — Student State Assessment in Social Studies

The act eliminates the requirement for the department of education (department) to administer a state assessment in social studies to elementary school students and specifies that the department is only required to administer a state assessment in social studies to students enrolled in seventh grade in a public school. The act also eliminates the requirement that the department administer a state assessment in social studies in a representative sample of public schools each year. The act reduces by the appropriation made in the annual general appropriation act for the 2026-27 state fiscal year to the department of education from the state education fund for the statewide assessment program by $302,835.(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

  • BILL — pass (pass) · lower
  • Refer House Bill 26-1353 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
  • Refer House Bill 26-1353 to the Committee of the Whole. — 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)
  • C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
  • K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
  • L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
  • L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
  • T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
  • T. Story — cosponsor (person)
  • W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-05-28 Governor Signed executive-signature
  • 2026-05-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2026-05-27 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
  • 2026-04-16 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
  • 2026-04-15 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
  • 2026-04-14 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2026-04-13 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations introduction
  • 2026-04-11 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
  • 2026-04-09 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
  • 2026-04-08 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
  • 2026-04-06 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2026-04-02 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c81ea4d1-4eaa-45c6-adc5-43ca957767a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).