republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-80.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cradle to Career Grant Program Creation"
description: "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 If CDHS does not receive $900,000 for those purposes on or before December 31, 2028, the grant program is repealed.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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 80"
citation: "Colorado SB 80 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Simpson", "J. Coleman", "M. Lukens", "R. English"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 19
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f586d223-c08c-4a4d-a032-da9be4d344ef"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-080"
source_hash: "650383f2fcb0ede2365d6d4b83a94083729796192bcaff3df8407b63ac7fcfb3"
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 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.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111435/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114376/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116507/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114479/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116460/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116407/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117132/download)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.013 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f586d223-c08c-4a4d-a032-da9be4d344ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).