republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1196.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Financial Aid For Students With In-state Tuition"
description: "Financial assistance programs - student eligibility - Colorado high school graduates. A student who does not have lawful immigration status who attended high school in Colorado for at least 3 years before graduating from a Colorado high school or before successfully completing a high school equivalency examination, is admitted to a qualifying institution of higher education within 12 months after high school graduation, and has submitted an affidavit stating that the student has applied for lawful presence or will apply as soon as he or she is eligible, is eligible for existing student financial assistance programs offered by the department of higher education to in-state students. Prior to becoming eligible, the student is subject to the same verification requirements for eligibility to participate in the college opportunity fund program.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1196"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1196 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
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/47c59073-2e83-44af-9789-6b9600f07d25"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1196"
source_hash: "6c6043d490f86d3f142de72d184c47f5384cd88df369baf9ef77bf6cdbead082"
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 19-1196 (2019A) — Financial Aid For Students With In-state Tuition

Financial assistance programs - student eligibility - Colorado high school graduates. A student who does not have lawful immigration status who attended high school in Colorado for at least 3 years before graduating from a Colorado high school or before successfully completing a high school equivalency examination, is admitted to a qualifying institution of higher education within 12 months after high school graduation, and has submitted an affidavit stating that the student has applied for lawful presence or will apply as soon as he or she is eligible, is eligible for existing student financial assistance programs offered by the department of higher education to in-state students. Prior to becoming eligible, the student is subject to the same verification requirements for eligibility to participate in the college opportunity fund program.(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. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_hb1196_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1196_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1196_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1196_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1196_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1196_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1196_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1196_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **41–24** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **21–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — 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`
- **2019-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2019-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended 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/47c59073-2e83-44af-9789-6b9600f07d25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).