republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/sb-24-104.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Career & Technical Education & Apprenticeships"
description: "The act requires the state apprenticeship agency in the department of labor and employment (department), in coordination with the career and technical education division of the Colorado community college system, to align the high school career and technical education system and the registered apprenticeship system for programs and occupations related to infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, education, or health care (programs and occupations). On and after July 1, 2026, the act requires both entities to expand the number of aligned pathways for programs and occupations identified as top jobs by the annual Colorado talent pipeline report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-104"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-104 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliza Hamrick", "Jessie Danielson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-26T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98686546-4115-43e5-b218-4c34118b879c"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-104"
source_hash: "6b718df653848d80a40249ae96decd9e6730c75ceb5796b54dc0c742ebae5e2e"
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 24-104 (2024A) — Career & Technical Education & Apprenticeships

The act requires the state apprenticeship agency in the department of labor and employment (department), in coordination with the career and technical education division of the Colorado community college system, to align the high school career and technical education system and the registered apprenticeship system for programs and occupations related to infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, education, or health care (programs and occupations). On and after July 1, 2026, the act requires both entities to expand the number of aligned pathways for programs and occupations identified as top jobs by the annual Colorado talent pipeline report.

## 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_sb104_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_104_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_104_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_104_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_104_s_app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/13/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_104_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_104_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_104_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/31/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_104_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **47–13** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **24–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eliza Hamrick — primary (person)
- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-31T06:00:00+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
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2024-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98686546-4115-43e5-b218-4c34118b879c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).