republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-067.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Strengthening Civics Education"
description: "The act specifies information and issues that public schools must teach in providing courses on civil government. The act directs the state board of education to review the state civics standards and update them as necessary to include the identified information and issues. The act encourages each school district and public school to partner with local service organizations to solicit donations to improve the quality of the civics education program. Donations may be used to pay the cost to develop a high-quality curriculum, invite speakers to interact with students, and provide students with opportunities for civics learning and engagement outside of the classroom.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-067"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-067 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Chris Hansen", "Don Coram", "Terri Carver"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc836dc0-b50a-473b-89c0-afa2ff0eaa51"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-067"
source_hash: "c98330ce48d4df81fc93f5db8c945a8a5f94326f8f9fb8992958c0d3116cc3a8"
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 SB 21-067 (2021A) — Strengthening Civics Education

The act specifies information and issues that public schools must teach in providing courses on civil government. The act directs the state board of education to review the state civics standards and update them as necessary to include the identified information and issues. The act encourages each school district and public school to partner with local service organizations to solicit donations to improve the quality of the civics education program. Donations may be used to pay the cost to develop a high-quality curriculum, invite speakers to interact with students, and provide students with opportunities for civics learning and engagement outside of the classroom.(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_sb067_h_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_067_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_067_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_067_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_067sedu_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_067ed_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_067_rn2.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_067_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_067_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_067_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **23–11** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **26–8** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **58–5** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2021-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/cc836dc0-b50a-473b-89c0-afa2ff0eaa51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).