republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1340.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Incentives for Post-Secondary Education"
description: "The act creates a refundable state income tax credit (incentive) to encourage enrollment in institutions of higher education. For income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2025, but prior to January 1, 2033, the incentive is available to an eligible student who has matriculated at any public Colorado institution of higher education, including an area technical college, Colorado mountain college, or AIMS community college (institution), in the amount equal to the amount paid by or for the benefit of the eligible student in tuition and fees minus any scholarships or grants with respect to the qualifying semesters, during which up to the first 65 academic credit hours or equivalent are accumulated at an institution, excluding credits earned through concurrent enrollment, advanced placement, the international baccalaureate program, military credits, and any other credits accumulated prior to matriculation at an institution. To qualify, an eligible student must:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1340"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1340 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Rick Taggart", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-26T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af90a2ee-c98c-4996-bf7a-da9e45af7195"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1340"
source_hash: "75903ae708a630932ce66e858ed0d3e4243c9cfa5e4747aae9dcc6e3ba878afb"
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 24-1340 (2024A) — Incentives for Post-Secondary Education

The act creates a refundable state income tax credit (incentive) to encourage enrollment in institutions of higher education. For income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2025, but prior to January 1, 2033, the incentive is available to an eligible student who has matriculated at any public Colorado institution of higher education, including an area technical college, Colorado mountain college, or AIMS community college (institution), in the amount equal to the amount paid by or for the benefit of the eligible student in tuition and fees minus any scholarships or grants with respect to the qualifying semesters, during which up to the first 65 academic credit hours or equivalent are accumulated at an institution, excluding credits earned through concurrent enrollment, advanced placement, the international baccalaureate program, military credits, and any other credits accumulated prior to matriculation at an institution. To qualify, an eligible student must:

## 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/2024a_hb1340_s_app_005.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1340_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1340_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1340_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1340_h_fin_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1340_h_fin_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1340_s_fin_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1340_s_fin_app_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1340_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1340_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1340_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1340_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **50–12** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **28–5** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **46–14** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **60–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
- Rick Taggart — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26T07:00:00+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/af90a2ee-c98c-4996-bf7a-da9e45af7195`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).