republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/sb-24-162.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Best Practices to Prevent Discrimination in Schools"
description: "The act requires the department of education (department) to enter into an agreement with an organization (selected organization) to develop best practices for local education providers to effectively respond to reports of harassment or discrimination. The department shall convene an evaluation committee to select the organization. The evaluation committee consists of representatives from school districts, an organization that advocates for students who face harassment or discrimination, and the office of school safety; persons with lived experience of harassment or discrimination; and students. The selected organization shall submit a report to the department, the office of school safety, and the general assembly's education committees that includes an explanation of the best practices developed by the selected organization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-162"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-162 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Janice Marchman", "Jennifer Bacon", "Leslie Herod"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-20T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/181ccf51-1e5a-4f77-9aa5-542b4fa7aae5"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-162"
source_hash: "ed66a51624dc756b1ed788dd0286ac4f930ccb49a57b2ee9a81d2f7f320abc12"
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 24-162 (2024A) — Best Practices to Prevent Discrimination in Schools

The act requires the department of education (department) to enter into an agreement with an organization (selected organization) to develop best practices for local education providers to effectively respond to reports of harassment or discrimination. The department shall convene an evaluation committee to select the organization. The evaluation committee consists of representatives from school districts, an organization that advocates for students who face harassment or discrimination, and the office of school safety; persons with lived experience of harassment or discrimination; and students. The selected organization shall submit a report to the department, the office of school safety, and the general assembly's education committees that includes an explanation of the best practices developed by the selected organization.

## 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_sb162_h_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_162_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_162_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/20/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_162_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_162_s_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_162_s_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_162_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_162_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_162_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_162_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **22–12** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **44–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Janice Marchman — primary (person)
- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — 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
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-05T06:00:00+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`
- **2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Amended
- **2024-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T07:00:00+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/181ccf51-1e5a-4f77-9aa5-542b4fa7aae5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).