republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1189.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding Effective Teacher Residency Programs"
description: "The bill creates the teacher residency expansion program (program) in the department of education (department). The goal of the program is to identify and communicate to school districts, charter schools, and boards of cooperative services that operate public schools (local education providers) the best practices, effective strategies, and critical components of effective teacher residency programs and thereby facilitate expansion of the effective teacher residency programs across the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1189"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1189 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Lang Sias", "Nancy Todd", "Owen Hill"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-02T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9c20e7b-85ef-4331-b07d-c077e2d019b9"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1189"
source_hash: "b6cd78e5df48bcf3af426b1f1742e03bf9c3fa377af27141aeb3ebce70551563"
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 18-1189 (2018A) — Expanding Effective Teacher Residency Programs

The bill creates the teacher residency expansion program (program) in the department of education (department). The goal of the program is to identify and communicate to school districts, charter schools, and boards of cooperative services that operate public schools (local education providers) the best practices, effective strategies, and critical components of effective teacher residency programs and thereby facilitate expansion of the effective teacher residency programs across the state.

## 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_hb1189_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1189_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/14/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1189_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1189_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/28/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1189ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/12/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1189app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/25/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1189sedu_001_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (04/27/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1189seduapp.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/17/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1189_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1189_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1189_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1189_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **46–14** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–2** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **59–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **53–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Lang Sias — primary (person)
- Nancy Todd — primary (person)
- Owen Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2018-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 04/16/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02T07:00:00+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/a9c20e7b-85ef-4331-b07d-c077e2d019b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).