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type: "Bill"
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title: "Higher Education Review Degree Program Costs And Outcomes"
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description: "The bill requires the department of higher education (department) to prepare an annual return on investment report of undergraduate degree programs and certificate programs offered at each institution of higher education, as defined in the bill."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2018A"
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identifier: "HB 18-1226"
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citation: "Colorado HB 18-1226 (2018A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Bridges", "Jim Smallwood", "Justin Everett", "Stephen Fenberg"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2018-05-24T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7feae4b6-51de-45b4-bad5-c3d5d3d80a8d"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1226"
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source_hash: "fc4cd9d19cee37f472e5bd7de5fdda18dae961e2486b7217d281381ef07099ab"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 18-1226 (2018A) — Higher Education Review Degree Program Costs And Outcomes
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The bill requires the department of higher education (department) to prepare an annual return on investment report of undergraduate degree programs and certificate programs offered at each institution of higher education, as defined in the bill.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_hb1226_s_app_002.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1226_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1226_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (02/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1226_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (04/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1226ed_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (05/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1226app.pdf)
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7. **Reengrossed (05/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1226_ren.pdf)
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8. **Rerevised (05/09/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1226_rer.pdf)
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9. **Revised (05/08/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1226_rev.pdf)
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10. **Signed Act (05/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1226_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **33–2** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **63–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
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- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
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- Justin Everett — primary (person)
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- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2018-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2018-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
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- **2018-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2018-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7feae4b6-51de-45b4-bad5-c3d5d3d80a8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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