republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1173.md

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Bill	Prohibiting Legacy Preferences In Higher Ed Insts	Current law does not prevent a higher education institution (institution) from considering legacy preferences and familial relationships to alumni of the institution as eligible criteria for admissions standards. The act prohibits a governing board of a state-supported higher education institution (governing board) from considering legacy preferences and familial relationships to alumni of the institution in the admissions process. The act allows a governing board to ask questions regarding familial relationships to alumni of the institution in order to collect data.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1173	Colorado HB 21-1173 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Brittany Pettersen Jeff Bridges Kyle Mullica Matt Gray	8	12	2	2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00	2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/99cb4593-16b7-4ee9-b1e1-0fbea1bb2ff2	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1173	9f01dd537382ad4ad41340a815594d844d47b103891c03b5feb737140fda8ab2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1173 (2021A) — Prohibiting Legacy Preferences In Higher Ed Insts

Current law does not prevent a higher education institution (institution) from considering legacy preferences and familial relationships to alumni of the institution as eligible criteria for admissions standards. The act prohibits a governing board of a state-supported higher education institution (governing board) from considering legacy preferences and familial relationships to alumni of the institution in the admissions process. The act allows a governing board to ask questions regarding familial relationships to alumni of the institution in order to collect data.(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 (04/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/19/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (04/08/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (05/05/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (05/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (05/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 29–5 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 43–20 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
• Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
• Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
• Matt Gray — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99cb4593-16b7-4ee9-b1e1-0fbea1bb2ff2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).