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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Early Childhood System"
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description: "Effective July 1, 2022, the act creates the department of early childhood (new department) to:Provide early childhood opportunities;"
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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 21-1304"
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citation: "Colorado HB 21-1304 (2021A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alec Garnett", "Emily Sirota", "Janet Buckner", "Stephen Fenberg"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-06-23T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b14d888d-c0e7-4bc3-813a-4fdb6e206bfa"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1304"
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source_hash: "4db19b4153da3bee9d05e5cde39c6d7e9d714510a1cf7885ab9ff921c159312c"
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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 21-1304 (2021A) — Early Childhood System
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Effective July 1, 2022, the act creates the department of early childhood (new department) to:Provide early childhood opportunities;
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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_hb1304_s_app_002.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1304_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (06/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1304_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (05/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1304_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (05/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1304ed_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1304app.pdf)
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7. **PA3 (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1304sedu_01.pdf)
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8. **Reengrossed (05/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1304_ren.pdf)
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9. **Rerevised (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1304_rer.pdf)
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10. **Revised (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1304_rev.pdf)
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11. **Signed Act (06/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1304_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- REPASS — **45–19** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **44–20** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- CONCUR — **45–19** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alec Garnett — primary (person)
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- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
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- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
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- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
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- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
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- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+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/b14d888d-c0e7-4bc3-813a-4fdb6e206bfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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