republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020b/hb-20b-1001.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grants To Improve Internet Access In P-12 Education"
description: "The bill creates the connecting Colorado students grant program (program) to provide grants to local education providers to use in providing broadband service and other technology for increased internet access for students, educators, and other staff. The program is created in the department of education (department). The department reviews applications, and the commissioner of education (commissioner) awards the grants. The department must consult with the office of information technology, the office of economic development, and broadband and education technology experts in reviewing the applications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020B"
identifier: "HB 20B-1001"
citation: "Colorado HB 20B-1001 (2020B)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Coram", "Kerry Donovan", "Mary Young", "Matt Soper"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-12-07T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7249079-37fe-4c5b-ae65-aa800b4bdd79"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20b-1001"
source_hash: "436dfe33cff91940e7397e4fb880be3b908f321ecfffc9ae406c2363c5d8781d"
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 20B-1001 (2020B) — Grants To Improve Internet Access In P-12 Education

The bill creates the connecting Colorado students grant program (program) to provide grants to local education providers to use in providing broadband service and other technology for increased internet access for students, educators, and other staff. The program is created in the department of education (department). The department reviews applications, and the commissioner of education (commissioner) awards the grants. The department must consult with the office of information technology, the office of economic development, and broadband and education technology experts in reviewing the applications.

## 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/2020b_hb1001_s_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (11/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_1001_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (12/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_1001_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (11/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_1001_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (12/01/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_1001sfin_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (12/01/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_1001_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (12/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_1001_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (12/01/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_1001_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (12/07/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020b_1001_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **51–14** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **51–13** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **54–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
- Mary Young — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-07T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-04T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-04T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-12-04T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-12-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-12-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7249079-37fe-4c5b-ae65-aa800b4bdd79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).