republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-151.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify Public Employees Retirement Association Allowed Affiliation and Board of Trustees"
description: "The act adds Denver school of science and technology charter schools (DSST schools) in the Denver public schools division of the public employees' retirement association (PERA). The act also adds one voting member to the PERA board of trustees. The added member is to be elected from the Denver public schools division through a Denver public schools division election administered by PERA. The added member replaces a nonvoting ex officio board member from the Denver public schools division, whom the act removes from the board. The act permits PERA members who are employees of DSST schools to purchase service credit for their noncovered DSST employment prior to the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 151"
citation: "Colorado SB 151 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Kolker", "J. Bacon", "J. Gonzales", "M. Lukens"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-03-31"
last_action: "2026-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c04ac658-3183-4abb-bfe4-feb74080f26f"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-151"
source_hash: "4ab587a9157afcf8d257f6da8d16601d21cf108dbb7fd8575858319dba0ca829"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado SB 151 (2026A) — Modify Public Employees Retirement Association Allowed Affiliation and Board of Trustees

The act adds Denver school of science and technology charter schools (DSST schools) in the Denver public schools division of the public employees' retirement association (PERA). The act also adds one voting member to the PERA board of trustees. The added member is to be elected from the Denver public schools division through a Denver public schools division election administered by PERA. The added member replaces a nonvoting ex officio board member from the Denver public schools division, whom the act removes from the board. The act permits PERA members who are employees of DSST schools to purchase service credit for their noncovered DSST employment prior to the act.(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](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113908/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114835/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116578/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114903/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115716/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115645/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116814/download)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 26-151 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-151 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
- Refer Senate Bill 26-151 to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Kolker — primary (person)
- J. Bacon — primary (person)
- J. Gonzales — primary (person)
- M. Lukens — primary (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-28** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-21** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-05-21** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-04** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-01** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-29** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-27** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-20** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2026-04-20** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-17** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-17** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-07** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c04ac658-3183-4abb-bfe4-feb74080f26f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).