republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1444.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Federal Indian Boarding School Research Program"
description: "In 2022, the general assembly created the federal Indian boarding school research program (program) in the state historical society, commonly known as history Colorado to conduct research regarding the physical abuse and deaths that occurred at federal Indian boarding schools in Colorado and required history Colorado, in consultation with the Colorado commission of Indian affairs, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe to develop recommendations to better understand the abuse that occurred and to support healing in tribal communities. As initially scheduled, the program was repealed on December 31, 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1444"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1444 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Cleave Simpson", "Jeff Bridges", "Leslie Herod"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52bc3684-1e88-4155-b334-359fb2469368"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1444"
source_hash: "39be7d235c6c3cd9490ed8717c5fb381c47d6a2d21e55120f6cf27d60982f35b"
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 24-1444 (2024A) — Federal Indian Boarding School Research Program

In 2022, the general assembly created the federal Indian boarding school research program (program) in the state historical society, commonly known as history Colorado to conduct research regarding the physical abuse and deaths that occurred at federal Indian boarding schools in Colorado and required history Colorado, in consultation with the Colorado commission of Indian affairs, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe to develop recommendations to better understand the abuse that occurred and to support healing in tribal communities. As initially scheduled, the program was repealed on December 31, 2023.

## 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_hb1444_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1444_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1444_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/09/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1444_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1444_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1444_h_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1444_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1444_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1444_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1444_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **61–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09T06:00:00+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/52bc3684-1e88-4155-b334-359fb2469368`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).