republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-205.md

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Bill	Universal High School Scholarship Program	The act establishes the universal high school scholarship program (program) in the office of economic development (office) to provide scholarships for the 2024-25 academic year to students who pursue an in-demand or high-priority postsecondary pathway, including degrees, certificates, and registered apprenticeships, with a provider on the eligible training provider lists disseminated by the department of labor and employment, a provider in the Colorado state apprenticeship resource directory, a public or private institution of higher education operating in Colorado, or an organization approved by the office (service providers).	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	SB 23-205	Colorado SB 23-205 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Don Wilson Jeff Bridges Matthew Martinez Paul Lundeen	10	15	2	2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00	2023-05-16T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/714a3dff-362f-4457-904a-0c40c23e9fa0	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-205	7817e463818b9cc4f0407404e4a1710a1aecceb3c7674f9c5daf294012d35ab3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 23-205 (2023A) — Universal High School Scholarship Program

The act establishes the universal high school scholarship program (program) in the office of economic development (office) to provide scholarships for the 2024-25 academic year to students who pursue an in-demand or high-priority postsecondary pathway, including degrees, certificates, and registered apprenticeships, with a provider on the eligible training provider lists disseminated by the department of labor and employment, a provider in the Colorado state apprenticeship resource directory, a public or private institution of higher education operating in Colorado, or an organization approved by the office (service providers).

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/13/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/08/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/20/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/04/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/11/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (04/14/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (05/03/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (05/02/2023) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (05/16/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 59–4 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 30–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Don Wilson — primary (person)
• Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
• Matthew Martinez — primary (person)
• Paul Lundeen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-05-09T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2023-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended 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
• 2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/714a3dff-362f-4457-904a-0c40c23e9fa0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).