republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1354.md

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Bill	Repeal Science Teacher Professional Development Program	The act repeals a professional development program for science teachers (program) on July 1, 2027. For the 2024-25 state fiscal year, the general assembly appropriated $3 million from the state education fund for the program, which money is available for expenditure through the 2026-27 state fiscal year. The act reduces the appropriation to $1.5 million.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1354	Colorado HB 1354 (2026A)	bill	Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)	enacted	B. Kirkmeyer E. Sirota J. Amabile J. Bridges K. Brown R. Taggart	7	13	3	2026-04-02	2026-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/7a234a1b-38f1-428b-aae9-4890f33a5aeb	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1354	37ed0ddf6e8eafea70790a621b25d9373404cedd6bb1fc778cf805cf5440c4d3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1354 (2026A) — Repeal Science Teacher Professional Development Program

The act repeals a professional development program for science teachers (program) on July 1, 2027. For the 2024-25 state fiscal year, the general assembly appropriated $3 million from the state education fund for the program, which money is available for expenditure through the 2026-27 state fiscal year. The act reduces the appropriation to $1.5 million.(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 26-1354 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1354 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
• 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)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-27 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-05-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-22 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-05-22 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 - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 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/7a234a1b-38f1-428b-aae9-4890f33a5aeb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).