republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/sb-20-185.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Colorado Imagination Library Program"
description: "The act requires, subject to available appropriations, the state librarian in the department of education (department) to contract with a Colorado nonprofit organization (contractor) for the creation and operation of the Colorado imagination library program (program). The contractor shall manage the daily operations of the program, including but not limited to:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-185"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-185 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack Tate", "James Wilson", "Jeff Bridges", "Kerry Tipper"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-26T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de98c4d9-0f98-4285-a9ad-32a6a41c4fdd"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-185"
source_hash: "2a8b3a658dcfb68087f5d84479641188b95c7e1631c0507eda9b7b0f85364ab2"
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 20-185 (2020A) — The Colorado Imagination Library Program

The act requires, subject to available appropriations, the state librarian in the department of education (department) to contract with a Colorado nonprofit organization (contractor) for the creation and operation of the Colorado imagination library program (program). The contractor shall manage the daily operations of the program, including but not limited to:

## 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_sb185_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_185_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/22/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_185_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/26/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_185_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/14/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_185sapp_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_185ene_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (06/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_185_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_185_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_185_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_185_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **52–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- James Wilson — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-10T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 06/3/2020 - No Amendments
- **2020-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26T07:00:00+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/de98c4d9-0f98-4285-a9ad-32a6a41c4fdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).