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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Thriving Institution Designations for Higher Education"
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description: "On or before December 31, 2027, the act requires the department of higher education (department) to establish thriving institution designations and, on or before January 1, 2027, to establish an advisory committee to provide input to the department on the outcome and recognition standards and continuous improvements set by the department to identify institutions of higher education (institutions) that meet the requirements for one or more thriving institution designations. The act requires the department, with input from the advisory committee, to:Identify institutions that meet the outcome and recognition standards to be designated as a thriving institution;Notify each institution that meets the outcome standards to be designated as a thriving institution and request the institution to respond within 10 calendar days with the institution's decision of whether to be recognized as a thriving institution;Post on the department's website the names of the institutions that earn a thriving institution designation and agree to be listed as a thriving institution; andNotify the general assembly of the names of the institutions that are recognized as thriving institutions.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2026A"
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identifier: "HB 1006"
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citation: "Colorado HB 1006 (2026A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Higher Education"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["D. Roberts", "E. Velasco", "M. Martinez"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 12
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-06-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14ec55f3-7fea-48aa-9936-aab208c5cb9a"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1006"
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source_hash: "fa35bd04c8d14e33201ae1d724f5118434e827381add95585f946c7ad43dc257"
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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 HB 1006 (2026A) — Thriving Institution Designations for Higher Education
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On or before December 31, 2027, the act requires the department of higher education (department) to establish thriving institution designations and, on or before January 1, 2027, to establish an advisory committee to provide input to the department on the outcome and recognition standards and continuous improvements set by the department to identify institutions of higher education (institutions) that meet the requirements for one or more thriving institution designations. The act requires the department, with input from the advisory committee, to:Identify institutions that meet the outcome and recognition standards to be designated as a thriving institution;Notify each institution that meets the outcome standards to be designated as a thriving institution and request the institution to respond within 10 calendar days with the institution's decision of whether to be recognized as a thriving institution;Post on the department's website the names of the institutions that earn a thriving institution designation and agree to be listed as a thriving institution; andNotify the general assembly of the names of the institutions that are recognized as thriving institutions.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/110676/download)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113665/download)
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3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116519/download)
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4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113696/download)
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5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115569/download)
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6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115532/download)
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7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116970/download)
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## Votes
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- Adopt amendment L.002 — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Adopt amendment L.003 — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Adopt amendment L.001 — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Refer House Bill 26-1006, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Adopt amendment L.010 — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Adopt amendment L.013 — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Refer House Bill 26-1006 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Adopt amendment L.012 — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Refer House Bill 26-1006, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- D. Roberts — primary (person)
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- E. Velasco — primary (person)
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- M. Martinez — primary (person)
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- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
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- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Titone — 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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- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
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- L. García — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — 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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- R. English — 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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- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-06-01** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-20** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-05-20** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2026-05-04** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2026-05-01** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-04-30** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2026-04-27** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-30** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
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- **2026-03-25** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-24** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2026-03-20** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-05** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-14** Introduced In House - 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/14ec55f3-7fea-48aa-9936-aab208c5cb9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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