republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/sb-24-078.md

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Bill	Outdoor Nature-Based Preschool Programs	The act includes outdoor nature-based preschool programs (outdoor programs) as a type of licensed child care center (center) in the department of early childhood (department) for licensing-related matters. No later than December 31, 2025, the executive director of the department shall promulgate rules for centers operating as outdoor programs. The rules must include, but are not limited to:	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2024A	SB 24-078	Colorado SB 24-078 (2024A)	bill		enacted	Barbara McLachlan Janice Marchman Junie Joseph Kevin Priola	9	14	2	2024-01-22T07:00:00+00:00	2024-06-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/4f8a4b60-49be-480b-b62f-104f074fcb12	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-078	d77708eec507616751eee4ea1990a4b88fd30dd4278affe143bd76a3ac4741c6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 24-078 (2024A) — Outdoor Nature-Based Preschool Programs

The act includes outdoor nature-based preschool programs (outdoor programs) as a type of licensed child care center (center) in the department of early childhood (department) for licensing-related matters. No later than December 31, 2025, the executive director of the department shall promulgate rules for centers operating as outdoor programs. The rules must include, but are not limited to:

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 (05/16/2024) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/22/2024) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/23/2024) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (04/26/2024) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/07/2024) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (05/06/2024) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/06/2024) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 26–9 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 53–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
• Janice Marchman — primary (person)
• Junie Joseph — primary (person)
• Kevin Priola — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-06T06:00:00+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
• 2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-02-05T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-22T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f8a4b60-49be-480b-b62f-104f074fcb12. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).