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type: "Bill"
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title: "Military-Connected Children with Disabilities"
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description: "The act clarifies that the child of an inbound active duty military member (member) who has an existing individualized education program (IEP) or existing section 504 plan is eligible for open enrollment, remote enrollment, and guaranteed matriculation. The act requires the school district, district charter school, or an institute charter school (local education provider) where the child enrolls to ensure the student receives the appropriate services and accommodations, consistent with the child's existing IEP or section 504 plan, without unreasonable delay upon enrollment."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2025A"
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identifier: "SB 25-073"
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citation: "Colorado SB 25-073 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Janice Marchman", "Larry Liston", "Matthew Martinez", "Rebecca Keltie"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-22T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c482c931-017d-440b-984d-2b398f0a5aea"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-073"
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source_hash: "b8b71c3ca3ef2a0e71aacc3f349b2fc850380811daea2c28e1190c8d04c286cb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado SB 25-073 (2025A) — Military-Connected Children with Disabilities
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The act clarifies that the child of an inbound active duty military member (member) who has an existing individualized education program (IEP) or existing section 504 plan is eligible for open enrollment, remote enrollment, and guaranteed matriculation. The act requires the school district, district charter school, or an institute charter school (local education provider) where the child enrolls to ensure the student receives the appropriate services and accommodations, consistent with the child's existing IEP or section 504 plan, without unreasonable delay upon enrollment.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_sb073_h_ed_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (02/24/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_073_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (04/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_073_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/22/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_073_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (02/20/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_073_s_ed_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (02/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_073_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (04/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_073_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (04/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_073_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (04/17/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_073_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Janice Marchman — primary (person)
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- Larry Liston — primary (person)
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- Matthew Martinez — primary (person)
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- Rebecca Keltie — primary (person)
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- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
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- A. Hartsook — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Woog — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
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- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
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- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
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- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Garcia Sander — cosponsor (person)
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- L. García — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Suckla — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Bradfield — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Soper — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Pugliese — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Taggart — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Winter — cosponsor (person)
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- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2025-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
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- **2025-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2025-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
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- **2025-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-22T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c482c931-017d-440b-984d-2b398f0a5aea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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