republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1053.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supports For Early Childhood Educator Workforce"
description: "The act directs the state board of human services (state board) in the department of human services (DHS) to establish licensing standards that will allow an early care and education program to be licensed for a period of time determined by the state board if one or more early childhood educators have pursued DHS-approved early childhood credentials but have not yet completed the credential and other state-board-determined quality, safety, and supervision conditions are met. The state board shall also promulgate rules allowing an early childhood educator to earn points toward an early childhood credential based on the candidate's prior experience and demonstrated competency. DHS and the department of education (CDE) shall streamline and align the early childhood professional credential, child care program licensing, and educator licensing to make requirements clear and consistent and to reduce the administrative and paperwork burden relating to credentialing and licensing of early childhood educators. DHS shall analyze and prepare a written report every year, starting in 2022, concerning Colorado's current supply of qualified early childhood educators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1053"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1053 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Emily Sirota", "James Wilson", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2087711-4dd6-4140-8db0-a5cb215c3a6f"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1053"
source_hash: "40217daca1e67b27dbc6d14554dcefe20e8fffe0474ff48f91cabe0a3b0ca166"
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 20-1053 (2020A) — Supports For Early Childhood Educator Workforce

The act directs the state board of human services (state board) in the department of human services (DHS) to establish licensing standards that will allow an early care and education program to be licensed for a period of time determined by the state board if one or more early childhood educators have pursued DHS-approved early childhood credentials but have not yet completed the credential and other state-board-determined quality, safety, and supervision conditions are met. The state board shall also promulgate rules allowing an early childhood educator to earn points toward an early childhood credential based on the candidate's prior experience and demonstrated competency. DHS and the department of education (CDE) shall streamline and align the early childhood professional credential, child care program licensing, and educator licensing to make requirements clear and consistent and to reduce the administrative and paperwork burden relating to credentialing and licensing of early childhood educators. DHS shall analyze and prepare a written report every year, starting in 2022, concerning Colorado's current supply of qualified early childhood educators.

## 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/2020a_hb1053_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1053_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1053_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1053_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1053edu_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1053app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (06/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1053_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1053_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1053_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1053_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **44–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
- James Wilson — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-08T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+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/e2087711-4dd6-4140-8db0-a5cb215c3a6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).