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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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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.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Final Act (committee substitute) — source
- Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
- Revised (committee substitute) — source
- 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).