republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/sb-24-014.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Seal of Climate Literacy Diploma Endorsement"
description: "The act authorizes a school district, board of cooperative services, district charter high school, institute charter high school, or the Colorado school for the deaf and the blind (local education provider) to grant a high school diploma endorsement in climate literacy (seal of climate literacy) to graduating students who demonstrate mastery in climate literacy and attain green skills or technical green skills. The purpose of the seal of climate literacy is to give a student personal agency to help the student and the student's communities understand or adapt to the effects of climate change."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-014"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-014 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Chris Hansen"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61948a8b-5b56-4d61-a259-74c963559a10"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-014"
source_hash: "cce53e138ac86bf66bd9eebe7072ee3d6623239752c9614f0f42f25873c5f006"
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 24-014 (2024A) — Seal of Climate Literacy Diploma Endorsement

The act authorizes a school district, board of cooperative services, district charter high school, institute charter high school, or the Colorado school for the deaf and the blind (local education provider) to grant a high school diploma endorsement in climate literacy (seal of climate literacy) to graduating students who demonstrate mastery in climate literacy and attain green skills or technical green skills. The purpose of the seal of climate literacy is to give a student personal agency to help the student and the student's communities understand or adapt to the effects of climate change.

## 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_sb014_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/13/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_014_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_014_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_014_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/30/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_014_s_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_014_s_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_014_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_014_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_014_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_014_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **44–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **22–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Chris Hansen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2024-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10T07:00:00+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/61948a8b-5b56-4d61-a259-74c963559a10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).