republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-003.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Adult High School Program"
description: "The act creates the Colorado adult high school program (program) in the office responsible for adult education within the department of education (department). The purpose of the program is to create a pathway for Coloradans who are 21 years of age or older and do not have a high school diploma to attend high school and earn a diploma at no cost. Students may also earn industry-recognized certificates, career and technical education certificates, or college credits at no cost through the program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-003"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-003 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Don Wilson", "Janet Buckner", "Mike Weissman"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/473283fe-feb6-4c9c-9c01-cca24327e1fe"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-003"
source_hash: "7910e2b574495bc7a471fc09626a05cc4b967e3a4b835e233d303f93bacce634"
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 23-003 (2023A) — Colorado Adult High School Program

The act creates the Colorado adult high school program (program) in the office responsible for adult education within the department of education (department). The purpose of the program is to create a pathway for Coloradans who are 21 years of age or older and do not have a high school diploma to attend high school and earn a diploma at no cost. Students may also earn industry-recognized certificates, career and technical education certificates, or college credits at no cost through the program.

## 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_sb003_h_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_003_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_003_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_003_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_003_s_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_003_s_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_003_h_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_003_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_003_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_003_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_003_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **55–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Don Wilson — primary (person)
- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- Mike Weissman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09T07:00:00+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/473283fe-feb6-4c9c-9c01-cca24327e1fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).