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type: "Bill"
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title: "Use Of Open Educational Resources In Higher Education"
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description: "The act makes several changes to the existing statute concerning open educational resources, including:Expanding the open educational resources grant program (grant program) to provide grants to develop, implement, and replicate entire zero-textbook-cost degree programs;"
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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: "SB 21-215"
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citation: "Colorado SB 21-215 (2021A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Chris Hansen", "Julie McCluskie", "Leslie Herod"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65d7b174-f0fd-4c12-bddf-80ef5924e93e"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-215"
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source_hash: "7a5101d3628aba12eb2b624851bfc92bd770858f168dd51f1ac579a0fab52554"
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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 SB 21-215 (2021A) — Use Of Open Educational Resources In Higher Education
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The act makes several changes to the existing statute concerning open educational resources, including:Expanding the open educational resources grant program (grant program) to provide grants to develop, implement, and replicate entire zero-textbook-cost degree programs;
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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_sb215_h_app_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_215_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (04/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_215_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_215_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (04/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_215_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (04/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_215_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (04/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_215_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (05/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_215_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **47–16** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
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- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
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- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
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- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
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- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `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/65d7b174-f0fd-4c12-bddf-80ef5924e93e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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