republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1446.md

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Bill	Professional Development for Science Teachers	The act requires the department of education to develop and offer a free, optional professional development program (program) to enhance pedagogy around research-based Colorado academic standards in science. The program must include opportunities for in-person and virtual instruction on interventions for students who are below grade level or struggling in science, children with disabilities, gifted students, and students who are English language learners. The program must create incentives for teacher participation by offering ongoing professional development credit toward licensure renewal. The program prioritizes professional development for eligible science teachers employed at local education providers in rural school districts and small rural school districts.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2024A	HB 24-1446	Colorado HB 24-1446 (2024A)	bill		enacted	Anthony Hartsook Barbara McLachlan Byron Pelton Janet Buckner	10	14	2	2024-04-09T06:00:00+00:00	2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9969e278-7c06-4b5d-b305-7148fdd377e8	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1446	7032b6257ed702cfda8bda04451e8c9459753d1d408c4de5046d1a49fd73f646	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 24-1446 (2024A) — Professional Development for Science Teachers

The act requires the department of education to develop and offer a free, optional professional development program (program) to enhance pedagogy around research-based Colorado academic standards in science. The program must include opportunities for in-person and virtual instruction on interventions for students who are below grade level or struggling in science, children with disabilities, gifted students, and students who are English language learners. The program must create incentives for teacher participation by offering ongoing professional development credit toward licensure renewal. The program prioritizes professional development for eligible science teachers employed at local education providers in rural school districts and small rural school districts.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/25/2024) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/10/2024) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/09/2024) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/22/2024) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/25/2024) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (04/26/2024) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (05/04/2024) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (05/03/2024) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (05/23/2024) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 29–2 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 57–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anthony Hartsook — primary (person)
• Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
• Byron Pelton — primary (person)
• Janet Buckner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-18T06:00:00+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; origin ocd-bill/9969e278-7c06-4b5d-b305-7148fdd377e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).