republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/sb-24-053.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Racial Equity Study"
description: "The act establishes the Black Coloradan racial equity commission (commission) in the legislative department to conduct a study to determine, and make recommendations related to, any historical and ongoing effects of slavery and subsequent systemic racism on Black Coloradans that may be attributed to Colorado state practices, systems, and policies. The study includes historical research conducted by the state historical society (society), commonly known as history Colorado, and an economic analysis conducted by a third party."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-053"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-053 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Coleman", "Leslie Herod", "Naquetta Ricks"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/146e5148-c006-4996-9c4b-daf90899ed43"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-053"
source_hash: "eedfb87ad862c99d4e5a0dc35a682f02b718c0fba21d52ea27b5b61096c2edaa"
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 24-053 (2024A) — Racial Equity Study

The act establishes the Black Coloradan racial equity commission (commission) in the legislative department to conduct a study to determine, and make recommendations related to, any historical and ongoing effects of slavery and subsequent systemic racism on Black Coloradans that may be attributed to Colorado state practices, systems, and policies. The study includes historical research conducted by the state historical society (society), commonly known as history Colorado, and an economic analysis conducted by a third party.

## 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_sb053_j_lc_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_053_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_053_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/17/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_053_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_053_s_sa_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (02/09/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_053_s_sa_fin_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (03/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_053_s_sa_fin_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (03/20/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_053_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_053_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_053_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_053_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- COW * — **12–22** (fail) · upper
- BILL — **45–19** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **22–12** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **23–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
- Naquetta Ricks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-04T06:00:00+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 Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **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 with Amendments - Floor
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Legislative Council Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Refer Unamended to Legislative Council `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2024-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/146e5148-c006-4996-9c4b-daf90899ed43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).