republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1273.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Department Of Education Report Concerning School Psychologists"
description: "The act requires the department of education (department) to prepare an annual report on the number of pupils enrolled in public schools in the state and the total number of licensed school psychologists in the state employed by a school district, a board of cooperative services, or the state charter school institute who are reported as full-time equivalent employees. The report must state the number of pupils and licensed and employed school psychologists in total for the state, disaggregated by school district, board of cooperative services, and the state charter school institute.The act requires the department to make the report publicly available on its website no later than 30 days after its completion.The act appropriates $35,000 to the department to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1273"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1273 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kolker", "Lisa Cutter"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9a0b60a-3deb-4db7-8654-9942ec3cfef8"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1273"
source_hash: "0e72ef70a5a55d21632f9366b9ff47fb581d3c77743fa50482de4507d779eace"
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 21-1273 (2021A) — Colorado Department Of Education Report Concerning School Psychologists

The act requires the department of education (department) to prepare an annual report on the number of pupils enrolled in public schools in the state and the total number of licensed school psychologists in the state employed by a school district, a board of cooperative services, or the state charter school institute who are reported as full-time equivalent employees. The report must state the number of pupils and licensed and employed school psychologists in total for the state, disaggregated by school district, board of cooperative services, and the state charter school institute.The act requires the department to make the report publicly available on its website no later than 30 days after its completion.The act appropriates $35,000 to the department to implement the act.(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](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1273_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1273_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1273_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1273_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1273app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (05/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1273_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1273_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1273_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (07/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1273_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **42–22** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Kolker — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/e9a0b60a-3deb-4db7-8654-9942ec3cfef8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).