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type: "Bill"
title: "Comprehensive Black History & Culture Education in K-12"
description: "The act requires the state board of education (state board) to adopt standards related to Black historical and cultural studies (standards). Local education providers shall incorporate the standards into courses for public elementary and secondary school students in the state no later than 2 years after the state board adopts the standards. The act aligns the timeline for the development, adoption, and integration of the standards with the 6-year cycle that the state board of education currently uses for revising the state academic standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1149"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1149 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina English", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-29T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c00bc177-2a27-4512-8caf-22234548034e"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1149"
source_hash: "6911a522ec034b483a183549a4aab84d29d375bb9d69e622ac178f6532f131f2"
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 HB 25-1149 (2025A) — Comprehensive Black History & Culture Education in K-12
The act requires the state board of education (state board) to adopt standards related to Black historical and cultural studies (standards). Local education providers shall incorporate the standards into courses for public elementary and secondary school students in the state no later than 2 years after the state board adopts the standards. The act aligns the timeline for the development, adoption, and integration of the standards with the 6-year cycle that the state board of education currently uses for revising the state academic standards.
## 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/2025a_hb1149_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/15/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1149_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1149_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1149_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/21/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1149_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/15/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1149_h_ed_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/24/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1149_s_ed_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/16/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1149_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1149_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1149_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1149_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **45–20** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **45–20** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **44–21** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Regina English — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2025-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2025-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/c00bc177-2a27-4512-8caf-22234548034e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).