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type: "Bill"
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title: "Modification Higher Education Expenses Income Tax Incentive"
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description: "The state allows a student pursuing higher education who satisfies statutorily specified eligibility criteria to claim an income tax incentive for amounts paid for tuition and fees for qualifying academic semesters or terms that the student completes. The act clarifies the statute that provides for the income tax incentive to improve the administration, including data tracking and reporting, of the incentive."
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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 25-319"
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citation: "Colorado SB 25-319 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Bridges", "Judy Amabile", "Rick Taggart", "Shannon Bird"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bf08cd6-2f0a-406c-8cba-0e2d011065c1"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-319"
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source_hash: "bed7a34bce6e60ca8bb04d3ad7934e3b532b340a023829ef3f5c245d72ba3f7f"
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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 25-319 (2025A) — Modification Higher Education Expenses Income Tax Incentive
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The state allows a student pursuing higher education who satisfies statutorily specified eligibility criteria to claim an income tax incentive for amounts paid for tuition and fees for qualifying academic semesters or terms that the student completes. The act clarifies the statute that provides for the income tax incentive to improve the administration, including data tracking and reporting, of the incentive.
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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_sb319_h_app_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_319_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_319_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (04/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_319_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (05/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_319_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (05/05/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_319_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (05/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_319_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (06/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_319_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **44–20** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
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- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
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- Rick Taggart — primary (person)
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- Shannon Bird — primary (person)
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- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
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- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
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- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2025-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
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- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `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/0bf08cd6-2f0a-406c-8cba-0e2d011065c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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