republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1312.md

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Bill	Behavioral Health Training Requirements Educator License	The act creates a requirement that of the 90 hours of professional development training currently required for renewal of a teacher's license during the term of the teacher's license, at least 10 of those hours must include some form of behavioral health training that is culturally responsive and trauma- and evidence-informed and increases awareness of laws and practices relating to educating students with disabilities in the classroom, including child find and inclusive learning environments. The 10 clock hours may be obtained by any combination of related courses, so long as at least 1 of the 10 clock hours is related to behavioral health training and at least 1 of the 10 clock hours is related to educating students with disabilities in the classroom.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2020A	HB 20-1312	Colorado HB 20-1312 (2020A)	bill		enacted	Brianna Titone Dafna Michaelson Jenet Dennis Hisey Nancy Todd	10	14	2	2020-02-21T07:00:00+00:00	2020-07-08T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9a03f832-6cef-4fa3-a356-5d145941eb6f	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1312	34ae022200b664f301b593f178b05501c94a1908e0c9017fdd674f44eaac1514	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 20-1312 (2020A) — Behavioral Health Training Requirements Educator License

The act creates a requirement that of the 90 hours of professional development training currently required for renewal of a teacher's license during the term of the teacher's license, at least 10 of those hours must include some form of behavioral health training that is culturally responsive and trauma- and evidence-informed and increases awareness of laws and practices relating to educating students with disabilities in the classroom, including child find and inclusive learning environments. The 10 clock hours may be obtained by any combination of related courses, so long as at least 1 of the 10 clock hours is related to behavioral health training and at least 1 of the 10 clock hours is related to educating students with disabilities in the classroom.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Amendment L.001 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (06/08/2020) (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Act (07/02/2020) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced (02/21/2020) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA1 (03/13/2020) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (06/09/2020) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (06/11/2020) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (06/10/2020) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (07/08/2020) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 38–24 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 26–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brianna Titone — primary (person)
• Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
• Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
• Nancy Todd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-07-08T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 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 Finance Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 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, Floor
• 2020-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2020-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over to 06/01/2020 - No Amendments
• 2020-03-12T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-02-21T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a03f832-6cef-4fa3-a356-5d145941eb6f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).