republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-170.md

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Bill	Task Force to Expand Effective Public Schools	The act creates the access to opportunity task force (task force) to study and report on how to expand access to effective public schools to address opportunity gaps. The act requires the task force to report its findings and recommendations to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, the governor, the state board of education, the commissioner of education, and the department of education on or before January 1, 2027. If the first meeting of the task force is not until after July 31, 2026, then the report deadline is 5 months after the task force's first meeting. The act specifies that the task force will only conduct a study and prepare a report if the department of education receives sufficient gifts, grants, and donations.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	SB 170	Colorado SB 170 (2026A)	bill	Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)	enacted	J. Bacon J. Coleman M. Martinez S. Bright	7	15	7	2026-04-17	2026-06-04	openstates	ocd-bill/1339e7f2-bc2b-4d23-af11-76bdae8264ad	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-170	0e72217a27f2b5a01d7273ccf66ff69e128e0bca2750ffc841fe3c2c33ca9e5c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 170 (2026A) — Task Force to Expand Effective Public Schools

The act creates the access to opportunity task force (task force) to study and report on how to expand access to effective public schools to address opportunity gaps. The act requires the task force to report its findings and recommendations to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, the governor, the state board of education, the commissioner of education, and the department of education on or before January 1, 2027. If the first meeting of the task force is not until after July 31, 2026, then the report deadline is 5 months after the task force's first meeting. The act specifies that the task force will only conduct a study and prepare a report if the department of education receives sufficient gifts, grants, and donations.(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 Senate Bill 26-170 to the Committee on Finance. — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-170 to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-170 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-170, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-170 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.001 — pass (pass) · upper
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• J. Bacon — primary (person)
• J. Coleman — primary (person)
• M. Martinez — primary (person)
• S. Bright — primary (person)
• A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
• B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
• J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
• J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
• J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
• L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
• L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
• N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
• R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
• T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
• T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
• W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-04 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-05-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-19 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-05-19 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-05-13 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-12 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-05-12 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-05-09 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-05-06 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Finance referral-committee
• 2026-04-30 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2026-04-30 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-29 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2026-04-28 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-04-22 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-04-17 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1339e7f2-bc2b-4d23-af11-76bdae8264ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).