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type: "Bill"
title: "Credential Quality Apprenticeship Classification"
description: "Current law requires the department of higher education (department) and higher education institutions to develop a framework for evaluating the quality of nondegree credentials. The act formally recognizes the resulting quality and in-demand nondegree credentials framework (framework) as the primary tool for assessing the quality of nondegree credentials offered in the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-143"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-143 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliza Hamrick", "James Coleman", "Leslie Herod", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08a93665-0e63-4754-a960-ce65ed033f80"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-143"
source_hash: "ade066840465b965cdbc4a2d1caf700e926d9c66d037f4a667d45f800e3fbbbd"
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 24-143 (2024A) — Credential Quality Apprenticeship Classification
Current law requires the department of higher education (department) and higher education institutions to develop a framework for evaluating the quality of nondegree credentials. The act formally recognizes the resulting quality and in-demand nondegree credentials framework (framework) as the primary tool for assessing the quality of nondegree credentials offered in the state.
## 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_sb143_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/18/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_143_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_143_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_143_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_143_s_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_143_s_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_143_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_143_rr2.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_143_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_143_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **51–10** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **30–3** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Eliza Hamrick — primary (person)
- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-05-10T06:00:00+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
- **2024-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07T07:00:00+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/08a93665-0e63-4754-a960-ce65ed033f80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).