republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1129.md

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Bill	Extend Deadline For Training To Teach Reading	The law existing before the passage of the act required school districts, charter schools, and boards of cooperative services to demonstrate that, by the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, the kindergarten-through-third-grade teachers they employ have completed evidence-based training in teaching reading. The act extends the deadline for completing the training until the beginning of the 2022-23 school year.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1129	Colorado HB 21-1129 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Barbara McLachlan Jeff Bridges Mary Bradfield Tammy Story	8	14	2	2021-02-22T07:00:00+00:00	2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7768e606-7d5e-495b-97c1-b9634fdcc940	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1129	754a449d23edb820041501801ee07f087a9c89d848b4b9f88c532927076e7db5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1129 (2021A) — Extend Deadline For Training To Teach Reading

The law existing before the passage of the act required school districts, charter schools, and boards of cooperative services to demonstrate that, by the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, the kindergarten-through-third-grade teachers they employ have completed evidence-based training in teaching reading. The act extends the deadline for completing the training until the beginning of the 2022-23 school year.(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
2. Engrossed (03/22/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/22/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (03/24/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (04/21/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (04/20/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (05/10/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 19–15 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 45–16 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
• Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
• Mary Bradfield — primary (person)
• Tammy Story — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2021-03-19T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-03-17T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-02-22T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7768e606-7d5e-495b-97c1-b9634fdcc940. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).