republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1222.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "International Baccalaureate Exam Fee Grant"
description: "High schools - accelerated college opportunity exam fee grant program. The act renames the advanced placement exam fee grant program as the accelerated college opportunity exam fee grant program (grant program) and expands the grant program to make funds available to high schools to reduce or eliminate the international baccalaureate exam fee for low-income students. The department of education is not required to award all grants from the program in the same amount, but a grant awarded for a lesser amount must cover the entire cost of the exam fee for which the lesser grant is awarded.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1222"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1222 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cathy Kipp", "Julie McCluskie", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-05T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-16T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b974998a-eefc-4bed-9317-2634520d0ae6"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1222"
source_hash: "ad421aaf6a10a440945d0d9a78b6a5e4708f2128e849eec94c667f14b236a992"
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 19-1222 (2019A) — International Baccalaureate Exam Fee Grant

High schools - accelerated college opportunity exam fee grant program. The act renames the advanced placement exam fee grant program as the accelerated college opportunity exam fee grant program (grant program) and expands the grant program to make funds available to high schools to reduce or eliminate the international baccalaureate exam fee for low-income students. The department of education is not required to award all grants from the program in the same amount, but a grant awarded for a lesser amount must cover the entire cost of the exam fee for which the lesser grant is awarded.(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_hb1222_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1222_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1222_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/05/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1222_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1222sedu_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1222_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1222_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1222_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1222_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **42–22** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–14** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **45–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **43–20** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **17–17** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2019-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education + Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b974998a-eefc-4bed-9317-2634520d0ae6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).