republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-029.md

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Bill	Colorado American Indian Tribes In-stateTuition	Beginning with the 2021-22 academic year, the act requires a state institution of higher education (institution) to adopt a policy to offer in-state tuition classification to students who would not otherwise qualify for in-state tuition if the student is a federally recognized member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe with historical ties to Colorado, as designated by the Colorado commission of Indian affairs in partnership with history Colorado.The institution may count the student as a resident student for any purpose within the tuition classification statutes and for purposes of resident enrollment requirements. The student is eligible to apply for the Colorado opportunity fund stipend and state-funded financial aid, and may be eligible for private financial aid programs.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-029	Colorado SB 21-029 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Adrienne Benavidez Alec Garnett Stephen Fenberg	10	15	2	2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00	2021-06-28T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b95fd420-cbc1-4ba6-b11a-621b5781bd8e	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-029	3d0e1a82ed8adbdd472463627f23d5d32b65cb31152971c5832f6701cfc2ce7b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-029 (2021A) — Colorado American Indian Tribes In-stateTuition

Beginning with the 2021-22 academic year, the act requires a state institution of higher education (institution) to adopt a policy to offer in-state tuition classification to students who would not otherwise qualify for in-state tuition if the student is a federally recognized member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe with historical ties to Colorado, as designated by the Colorado commission of Indian affairs in partnership with history Colorado.The institution may count the student as a resident student for any purpose within the tuition classification statutes and for purposes of resident enrollment requirements. The student is eligible to apply for the Colorado opportunity fund stipend and state-funded financial aid, and may be eligible for private financial aid programs.(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
2. Engrossed (04/23/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/11/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/19/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (03/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (04/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (05/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (05/24/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (06/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 49–11 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adrienne Benavidez — primary (person)
• Alec Garnett — primary (person)
• Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-28T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2021-02-18T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b95fd420-cbc1-4ba6-b11a-621b5781bd8e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).