republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1025.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter School Application Timelines"
description: "The act extends the timeline from 12 months to 18 months before a charter school is set to open for a prospective charter school to submit to the local board of education an application to become a charter school. The act allows a local board of education to apply to the state board of education for modifications to the timeline set forth in this act. The act creates an optional charter school application timeline for a rural or small rural school district that allows charter school applications outside of the 18-month timeline upon notice to the department of education and public notice on the school district's website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1025"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1025 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Janice Rich", "Rick Taggart"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bde95e1-0b53-405a-b848-8eec1d49177a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1025"
source_hash: "3c755f8fd9d26b95c8842bcfde21293b324085e67a8cf0ace76fc82c9f0454bc"
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 HB 23-1025 (2023A) — Charter School Application Timelines

The act extends the timeline from 12 months to 18 months before a charter school is set to open for a prospective charter school to submit to the local board of education an application to become a charter school. The act allows a local board of education to apply to the state board of education for modifications to the timeline set forth in this act. The act creates an optional charter school application timeline for a rural or small rural school district that allows charter school applications outside of the 18-month timeline upon notice to the department of education and public notice on the school district's website.

## 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/2023a_hb1025_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1025_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1025_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1025_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1025_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1025_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1025_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1025_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1025_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **57–5** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **26–8** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **47–15** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **51–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- Rick Taggart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/03/2023 - No Amendments
- **2023-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2023-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/8bde95e1-0b53-405a-b848-8eec1d49177a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).