republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1052.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exception To 2-year Higher Education Service Areas"
description: "Under current law, a 2-year institution of higher education may provide a concurrent enrollment program or course to local education providers that are located within the institution's college service area approved by the Colorado commission on higher education (commission). The bill requires the commission to establish a policy that allows a 2-year institution of higher education to provide a concurrent enrollment program or course to a local education provider that is not within its college service area if the designated 2-year institution of higher education chooses not to provide a concurrent enrollment program or course requested by the local education provider."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1052"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1052 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Bridges", "Nancy Todd", "Paul Lundeen"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0431981-e8a8-48b8-a647-9a560bf24468"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1052"
source_hash: "4854b59bc13e374871a648bffa3a5151807711b32ab6beec146459a305105881"
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 HB 18-1052 (2018A) — Exception To 2-year Higher Education Service Areas

Under current law, a 2-year institution of higher education may provide a concurrent enrollment program or course to local education providers that are located within the institution's college service area approved by the Colorado commission on higher education (commission). The bill requires the commission to establish a policy that allows a 2-year institution of higher education to provide a concurrent enrollment program or course to a local education provider that is not within its college service area if the designated 2-year institution of higher education chooses not to provide a concurrent enrollment program or course requested by the local education provider.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_hb1052_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1052_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1052_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1052_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1052ed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1052_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1052_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/06/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1052_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/22/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1052_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Nancy Todd — primary (person)
- Paul Lundeen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2018-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0431981-e8a8-48b8-a647-9a560bf24468`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).