republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-007.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adult Education"
description: "Current law requires adult education providers (providers) that participate in the department of education's (department) adult education and literacy grant program (program) to offer eligible adults basic education in literacy and numeracy that leads to additional skills acquisition, postsecondary credential attainment, and employment. The act adds \"digital literacy\" to the basic education offered to eligible adults and adds that an eligible adult may earn a high school diploma or equivalency certificate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-007"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-007 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Cathy Kipp", "Marc Catlin", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1848ddb4-7a3b-4a34-942a-d7ba13cfcd10"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-007"
source_hash: "2ae64df07ca4813b9dc675b69a4201523f83848efa056dec93b85b4d2f23f1be"
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 23-007 (2023A) — Adult Education

Current law requires adult education providers (providers) that participate in the department of education's (department) adult education and literacy grant program (program) to offer eligible adults basic education in literacy and numeracy that leads to additional skills acquisition, postsecondary credential attainment, and employment. The act adds "digital literacy" to the basic education offered to eligible adults and adds that an eligible adult may earn a high school diploma or equivalency certificate.

## 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_sb007_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_007_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/04/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_007_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/09/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_007_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_007_s_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_007_s_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_007_h_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_007_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_007_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_007_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_007_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **57–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23T07:00:00+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/1848ddb4-7a3b-4a34-942a-d7ba13cfcd10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).