republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1304.md

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Bill	Early Childhood System	Effective July 1, 2022, the act creates the department of early childhood (new department) to:Provide early childhood opportunities;	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1304	Colorado HB 21-1304 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Alec Garnett Emily Sirota Janet Buckner Stephen Fenberg	11	17	4	2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00	2021-06-23T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b14d888d-c0e7-4bc3-813a-4fdb6e206bfa	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1304	4db19b4153da3bee9d05e5cde39c6d7e9d714510a1cf7885ab9ff921c159312c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1304 (2021A) — Early Childhood System

Effective July 1, 2022, the act creates the department of early childhood (new department) to:Provide early childhood opportunities;

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (05/21/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (05/05/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (05/17/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (05/21/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (05/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (05/24/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (06/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (05/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (06/23/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• REPASS — 45–19 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 44–20 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — 45–19 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alec Garnett — primary (person)
• Emily Sirota — primary (person)
• Janet Buckner — primary (person)
• Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-23T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-22T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b14d888d-c0e7-4bc3-813a-4fdb6e206bfa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).