republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/sb-22-008.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Support For Foster Youth"
description: "The act requires all public higher education institutions (institutions) in Colorado to provide to Colorado resident students who have been in foster care or, following an adjudication as neglected or dependent, in noncertified kinship care in Colorado at any time on or after reaching the age of 13 (qualifying students), financial assistance for the remaining balance of the student's total cost of attendance in excess of the amount of any private, state, or federal financial assistance received by the student (remaining balance financial assistance). Subject to available appropriations, the act requires the Colorado commission on higher education to provide to an institution money to cover 50 percent of the remaining balance financial assistance provided by the institution to qualifying students. The institutions are required to designate an employee to serve as a liaison to qualifying and prospective qualifying students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-008"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-008 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Hugh McKean", "Kevin Priola", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-26T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2b0b76c-3b08-466f-ba15-0d9a4597f7af"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-008"
source_hash: "86fbbdca310effc2b6e245070bd34aadc2be0f94081863461f480835e209f57f"
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 22-008 (2022A) — Higher Education Support For Foster Youth

The act requires all public higher education institutions (institutions) in Colorado to provide to Colorado resident students who have been in foster care or, following an adjudication as neglected or dependent, in noncertified kinship care in Colorado at any time on or after reaching the age of 13 (qualifying students), financial assistance for the remaining balance of the student's total cost of attendance in excess of the amount of any private, state, or federal financial assistance received by the student (remaining balance financial assistance). Subject to available appropriations, the act requires the Colorado commission on higher education to provide to an institution money to cover 50 percent of the remaining balance financial assistance provided by the institution to qualifying students. The institutions are required to designate an employee to serve as a liaison to qualifying and prospective qualifying students.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_sb008_h_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/24/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_008_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_008_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_008_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_008sed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_008_s_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/19/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_008_h_ed_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_008_h_ed_app_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (03/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_008_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_008_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_008_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_008_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **55–7** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **23–10** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **24–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Hugh McKean — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2022-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2022-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12T07:00:00+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/a2b0b76c-3b08-466f-ba15-0d9a4597f7af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).