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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Community College Nursing Bachelor Degree Eligibility"
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description: "The act permits community colleges to offer a bachelor of science degree in nursing to students who have or are pursuing a practical nursing certificate."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2022A"
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identifier: "SB 22-003"
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citation: "Colorado SB 22-003 (2022A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Janet Buckner", "Kerry Donovan", "Kyle Mullica", "Tony Exum"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2022-04-07T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/541f8194-0b0e-4d8a-a135-ebb8b8b1c72b"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-003"
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source_hash: "52db2e07cdcd31e8d42ec70324a969a12bc9d7fd95276b32b03797aa0a44fb65"
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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 22-003 (2022A) — Community College Nursing Bachelor Degree Eligibility
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The act permits community colleges to offer a bachelor of science degree in nursing to students who have or are pursuing a practical nursing certificate.
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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](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_sb003_h_ed_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (02/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_003_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (04/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_003_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_003_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (02/09/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_003sed_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (02/14/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_003_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (03/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_003_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (03/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_003_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (04/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_003_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **61–0** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
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- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
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- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
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- Tony Exum — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2022-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2022-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2022-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
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- **2022-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/541f8194-0b0e-4d8a-a135-ebb8b8b1c72b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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