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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prohibiting Legacy Preferences In Higher Ed Insts"
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2021A"
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identifier: "HB 21-1173"
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citation: "Colorado HB 21-1173 (2021A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Jeff Bridges", "Kyle Mullica", "Matt Gray"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99cb4593-16b7-4ee9-b1e1-0fbea1bb2ff2"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1173"
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source_hash: "9f01dd537382ad4ad41340a815594d844d47b103891c03b5feb737140fda8ab2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 21-1173 (2021A) — Prohibiting Legacy Preferences In Higher Ed Insts
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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.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1173_s_ed_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1173_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1173_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (03/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1173_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (04/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1173_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (05/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1173_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (05/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1173_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (05/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1173_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **29–5** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **43–20** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
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- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
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- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
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- Matt Gray — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
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- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99cb4593-16b7-4ee9-b1e1-0fbea1bb2ff2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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