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type: "Bill"
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title: "Technical Modification To Department Of Early Childhood"
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description: "Title 26.5 of the Colorado Revised Statutes relates primarily to early childhood programs and services. In 2022, the general assembly enacted House Bill 22-1295, which established the duties of the department of early childhood (department), relocated early childhood programs from the departments of human services and education to the department, and created the Colorado universal preschool program in the department."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2023A"
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identifier: "HB 23-1235"
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citation: "Colorado HB 23-1235 (2023A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Emily Sirota", "Janet Buckner"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4177e816-abe7-45aa-a37d-96526e70530b"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1235"
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source_hash: "c224396918217177b04c544c705fb403376b13a39346e53d8ebcacb5954e8d7f"
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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 HB 23-1235 (2023A) — Technical Modification To Department Of Early Childhood
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Title 26.5 of the Colorado Revised Statutes relates primarily to early childhood programs and services. In 2022, the general assembly enacted House Bill 22-1295, which established the duties of the department of early childhood (department), relocated early childhood programs from the departments of human services and education to the department, and created the Colorado universal preschool program in the department.
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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/2023a_hb1235_s_ed_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1235_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1235_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (03/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1235_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1235_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1235_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1235_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (06/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1235_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **26–9** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **46–15** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
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- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
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- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
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- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/4177e816-abe7-45aa-a37d-96526e70530b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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