republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-097.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Area Technical College Grant Program"
description: "Area technical colleges - capital construction and equipment requests. The act establishes a grant program to provide up to $4 million annually to area technical colleges (ATC) for specified capital construction and equipment purchases. An ATC may submit a request to the Colorado commission on higher education (commission). If there is more than one request in a year, the ATCs must prioritize the requests. The commission may include the grant request in its budget request for ATCs in the following state fiscal year. If the commission includes more than one request, it must prioritize the requests. If the ATC receives grant money, the ATC must submit a report back to the commission in any year in which it expends grant money.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-097"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-097 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Coram", "Julie McCluskie", "Matt Soper", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba6a39ad-592e-4a71-a748-9a6c742a1b79"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-097"
source_hash: "4fdfe164c4dd2147e4a1ccc45906ab168b0f2ad25c2e9aae3f0f36af5914fadf"
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 SB 19-097 (2019A) — Area Technical College Grant Program

Area technical colleges - capital construction and equipment requests. The act establishes a grant program to provide up to $4 million annually to area technical colleges (ATC) for specified capital construction and equipment purchases. An ATC may submit a request to the Colorado commission on higher education (commission). If there is more than one request in a year, the ATCs must prioritize the requests. The commission may include the grant request in its budget request for ATCs in the following state fiscal year. If the commission includes more than one request, it must prioritize the requests. If the ATC receives grant money, the ATC must submit a report back to the commission in any year in which it expends grant money.(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_sb097_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/26/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_097_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_097_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/23/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_097_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_097sedu_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_097_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_097_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_097_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_097_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2019-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education + Appropriations `introduction`
- **2019-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/ba6a39ad-592e-4a71-a748-9a6c742a1b79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).