republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1194.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Discipline For Preschool Through Second Grade"
description: "The bill allows a state-funded, community-based preschool program, school district, or charter school (enrolling entity) to impose an out-of-school suspension or expel a student enrolled in preschool, kindergarten, or first or second grade only under specified circumstances. If the enrolling entity imposes an out-of-school suspension, the length of the suspension is limited to 3 school days unless the executive officer or chief administrative officer of the enrolling entity determines that a longer period is necessary to resolve the safety threat or recommends that the student be expelled. The state board of education (state board) cannot waive the provisions concerning suspension and expulsion of young students for school districts or charter schools. Each school district and charter school must ensure that its school discipline code reflects the requirements specified in the bill. The state board must annually review the data concerning suspensions and expulsions of students in preschool, kindergarten, and first and second grade."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1194"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1194 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Colin Larson", "Kevin Priola", "Rhonda Fields", "Susan Lontine"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-20T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fff3c7e3-eb10-47c8-824e-79fbe3f21cdb"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1194"
source_hash: "650d297bdbaf015352ce6d5f07eddd332a393f00ad2e48ae0fa9335c290cca7c"
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 19-1194 (2019A) — School Discipline For Preschool Through Second Grade

The bill allows a state-funded, community-based preschool program, school district, or charter school (enrolling entity) to impose an out-of-school suspension or expel a student enrolled in preschool, kindergarten, or first or second grade only under specified circumstances. If the enrolling entity imposes an out-of-school suspension, the length of the suspension is limited to 3 school days unless the executive officer or chief administrative officer of the enrolling entity determines that a longer period is necessary to resolve the safety threat or recommends that the student be expelled. The state board of education (state board) cannot waive the provisions concerning suspension and expulsion of young students for school districts or charter schools. Each school district and charter school must ensure that its school discipline code reflects the requirements specified in the bill. The state board must annually review the data concerning suspensions and expulsions of students in preschool, kindergarten, and first and second grade.

## 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/2019a_hb1194_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1194_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1194_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1194_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1194ed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1194_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1194_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1194_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1194_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **43–22** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **20–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Colin Larson — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Susan Lontine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2019-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20T07:00:00+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/fff3c7e3-eb10-47c8-824e-79fbe3f21cdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).