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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Accreditation Of Postsecondary Institutions"
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description: "Current law requires a private college or university operating in the state to be institutionally accredited on the basis of an on-site review by a regional or national accrediting body recognized by the United States department of education (DOE). The act allows private colleges and universities and private occupational schools to be accredited by:Institutional or programmatic accrediting bodies recognized by the DOE; or"
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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 21-1306"
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citation: "Colorado HB 21-1306 (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", "Paul Lundeen", "Robert Rodriguez", "Tim Geitner"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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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/b4d05f16-247b-4e5a-aa11-bd9a1f583fbc"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1306"
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source_hash: "84e1cc492696a2f472183f54cb44e3903c5143460be9314f07a9df53aa201b80"
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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 21-1306 (2021A) — Accreditation Of Postsecondary Institutions
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Current law requires a private college or university operating in the state to be institutionally accredited on the basis of an on-site review by a regional or national accrediting body recognized by the United States department of education (DOE). The act allows private colleges and universities and private occupational schools to be accredited by:Institutional or programmatic accrediting bodies recognized by the DOE; or
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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_hb1306_s_app_002.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (05/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1306_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (06/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1306_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_1306_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (05/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1306app_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1306_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1306_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (06/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1306_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (06/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1306_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **57–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alec Garnett — primary (person)
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- Paul Lundeen — primary (person)
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- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
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- Tim Geitner — 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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- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
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- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Finance `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/b4d05f16-247b-4e5a-aa11-bd9a1f583fbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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