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| Bill | Licensure for Experienced Out-of-State Teachers | The act allows the state department of education (CDE) to issue a professional teacher license to a teacher with at least 3 years of successful teaching experience in another state or country for which CDE has granted reciprocity. The act eliminates the requirement that an applicant have the successful teaching experience within the previous 7 years. The act creates a temporary licensing process for teachers from states that participate in the 'Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact' (Compact). The process requires that CDE:Issue an initial teacher license within 30 days of receiving a complete teacher license application from a person licensed by a Compact state when the applicant passes a criminal history record check and holds an unencumbered eligible license issued by a Compact state that is equivalent to an eligible license in Colorado; and Publish an annual table showing how out-of-state licenses correspond to Colorado endorsement areas. The act repeals the temporary licensing process when CDE begins issuing licenses pursuant to the Compact.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) | us/states/co | Colorado General Assembly | 2026A | SB 126 | Colorado SB 126 (2026A) |
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Colorado SB 126 (2026A) — Licensure for Experienced Out-of-State Teachers
The act allows the state department of education (CDE) to issue a professional teacher license to a teacher with at least 3 years of successful teaching experience in another state or country for which CDE has granted reciprocity. The act eliminates the requirement that an applicant have the successful teaching experience within the previous 7 years. The act creates a temporary licensing process for teachers from states that participate in the 'Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact' (Compact). The process requires that CDE:Issue an initial teacher license within 30 days of receiving a complete teacher license application from a person licensed by a Compact state when the applicant passes a criminal history record check and holds an unencumbered eligible license issued by a Compact state that is equivalent to an eligible license in Colorado; and Publish an annual table showing how out-of-state licenses correspond to Colorado endorsement areas. The act repeals the temporary licensing process when CDE begins issuing licenses pursuant to the Compact.(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
- Adopt amendment L.001 — pass (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — pass (pass) · lower
- Refer Senate Bill 26-126, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-126, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
- REPASS — pass (pass) · lower
- BILL — pass (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.002 — pass (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.003 — pass (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- D. Johnson — primary (person)
- J. Marchman — primary (person)
- J. Rich — primary (person)
- M. Lukens — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- B. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- C. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Garcia Sander — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-04-20 Governor Signed
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-04-07 Signed by the Speaker of the House
passage - 2026-04-07 Signed by the President of the Senate
passage - 2026-04-06 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- 2026-04-02 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-04-01 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- 2026-03-31 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- 2026-03-26 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage, referral-committee - 2026-03-19 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education
introduction - 2026-03-17 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-16 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
reading-2 - 2026-03-16 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
reading-2 - 2026-03-11 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage - 2026-02-25 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d51b139-e29e-427d-9f07-77090bf48768. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).