The act creates the cradle to career grant program (grant program) in the department of human services (CDHS) to provide grants to a local government, local education provider, state institution of higher education, Indian tribe or tribal organization, or community-based nonprofit or not-for-profit organization (eligible entity) to promote coordinated community-based supports and services that open opportunities for economic mobility from poverty. The grant program must connect children and youth with high-quality educational and extracurricular programming and families with key health and social services in order to improve prenatal and early childhood outcomes, student achievement, workforce readiness, and wealth-building opportunities. The act creates the cradle to career advisory council (council) to approve or disapprove CDHS's potential grant recipients and to collaborate with CDHS to develop grant program guidelines and criteria for awarding grants. Council members must be Colorado residents and must not provide financial support for the grant program. To receive a grant, an eligible entity must submit an application that includes an economic mobility needs assessment and a comprehensive proposal to address the needs within its designated service area. The application must identify prospective community partners and subcontractors. The act caps the amount that CDHS may award in connection with a single grant application at 49% of available grant program money. A grant recipient must comply with various health and safety, financial responsibility, and anti-discrimination safeguards. Each grant recipient must annually report to CDHS addressing the recipient's progress using a set of performance indicators to assess the economic mobility outcomes and impacts associated with the grant award. CDHS must make a related report to the health and human services committees of the general assembly and the governor each year. CDHS may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations for grant-program-related purposes. If CDHS does not receive $900,000 for those purposes on or before December 31, 2028, the grant program is repealed. The general assembly shall not appropriate general fund dollars for grant program operations.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Colorado SB 80 (2026A) — Cradle to Career Grant Program Creation
The act creates the cradle to career grant program (grant program) in the department of human services (CDHS) to provide grants to a local government, local education provider, state institution of higher education, Indian tribe or tribal organization, or community-based nonprofit or not-for-profit organization (eligible entity) to promote coordinated community-based supports and services that open opportunities for economic mobility from poverty. The grant program must connect children and youth with high-quality educational and extracurricular programming and families with key health and social services in order to improve prenatal and early childhood outcomes, student achievement, workforce readiness, and wealth-building opportunities. The act creates the cradle to career advisory council (council) to approve or disapprove CDHS's potential grant recipients and to collaborate with CDHS to develop grant program guidelines and criteria for awarding grants. Council members must be Colorado residents and must not provide financial support for the grant program. To receive a grant, an eligible entity must submit an application that includes an economic mobility needs assessment and a comprehensive proposal to address the needs within its designated service area. The application must identify prospective community partners and subcontractors. The act caps the amount that CDHS may award in connection with a single grant application at 49% of available grant program money. A grant recipient must comply with various health and safety, financial responsibility, and anti-discrimination safeguards. Each grant recipient must annually report to CDHS addressing the recipient's progress using a set of performance indicators to assess the economic mobility outcomes and impacts associated with the grant award. CDHS must make a related report to the health and human services committees of the general assembly and the governor each year. CDHS may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations for grant-program-related purposes. If CDHS does not receive $900,000 for those purposes on or before December 31, 2028, the grant program is repealed. The general assembly shall not appropriate general fund dollars for grant program operations.(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.
Adopt amendment L.011 (Attachment C) — pass (pass) · upper
Reconsider SB 26-080 — pass (pass) · upper
Adopt amendment L.014 — pass (pass) · upper
Adopt amendment L.004 — pass (pass) · upper
BILL — pass (pass) · lower
Adopt amendment L.012 — pass (pass) · upper
PERM — pass (pass) · lower
Postpone Senate Bill 26-080 indefinitely using a reversal of the previous roll call. There was no objection to the use of the reverse roll call, therefore, the bill was postponed indefinitely. — pass (pass) · upper
Refer Senate Bill 26-080, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
Refer Senate Bill 26-080 to the Committee on Finance. — pass (pass) · upper
Adopt amendment L.002 — pass (pass) · upper
Adopt amendment L.001 — pass (pass) · upper
Refer Senate Bill 26-080, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
Refer Senate Bill 26-080 to the Committee of the Whole. — fail (fail) · upper
Adopt amendment L.006 — pass (pass) · upper
Refer Senate Bill 26-080, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
Adopt amendment L.003 — pass (pass) · upper
Refer Senate Bill 26-080, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
Sponsors
C. Simpson — primary (person)
J. Coleman — primary (person)
M. Lukens — primary (person)
R. English — primary (person)
B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
T. Exum — 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 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
2026-05-13 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
2026-05-12 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
2026-05-12 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
2026-05-11 House Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely
2026-05-07 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
2026-04-30 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Finance referral-committee
2026-04-22 House Committee on Education Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
2026-04-13 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction
2026-04-13 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
2026-04-10 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
2026-04-10 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
2026-02-26 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
2026-02-06 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f586d223-c08c-4a4d-a032-da9be4d344ef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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