republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1261.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "No Requirement For Selective Service Higher Education"
description: "Current law requires a male person who is applying for enrollment or reenrollment to a state-supported institution of higher education (institution) and who is at least 17 years and 9 months of age but younger than 26 years of age (applicant) to provide the institution with a statement of registration compliance for the United States selective service system (selective service). The act removes the requirement that an applicant register for selective service to enroll in an institution but requires institutions to provide information about selective service to eligible males prior to registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1261"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1261 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Byron Pelton", "Janet Buckner", "Matthew Martinez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-26T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-16T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8f0d2d4-28c1-4578-939c-863211d0f74a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1261"
source_hash: "39052c6a87d1bbc6012365ff0c9cb16d7626bee3e7f260170689b19c3d7bd1b7"
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 23-1261 (2023A) — No Requirement For Selective Service Higher Education

Current law requires a male person who is applying for enrollment or reenrollment to a state-supported institution of higher education (institution) and who is at least 17 years and 9 months of age but younger than 26 years of age (applicant) to provide the institution with a statement of registration compliance for the United States selective service system (selective service). The act removes the requirement that an applicant register for selective service to enroll in an institution but requires institutions to provide information about selective service to eligible males prior to registration.

## 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_hb1261_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1261_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1261_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1261_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1261_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1261_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1261_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1261_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1261_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **55–10** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **26–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Byron Pelton — primary (person)
- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- Matthew Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-26T06:00:00+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/e8f0d2d4-28c1-4578-939c-863211d0f74a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).