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type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Cooperative Services Definition & Executive Director"
description: "The act adds a board of cooperative services (BOCES) executive director to the list of individuals covered by the public employees' retirement association (PERA) who may be employed in specified education-related positions under certain circumstances with no change in their PERA retirement benefits. The act permits local education providers to elect to have all or some of their postsecondary and workforce readiness start-up funding distribution made directly to a BOCES.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1027"
citation: "Colorado HB 1027 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Kolker", "K. Stewart", "T. Story"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50251f75-3bdb-4022-a768-f386dc5b7958"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1027"
source_hash: "cf4cde804c15f815f273a2fbc27aa34973e0b0fb51b66a42bfb6b8d1b60db7bf"
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 1027 (2026A) — Board of Cooperative Services Definition & Executive Director
The act adds a board of cooperative services (BOCES) executive director to the list of individuals covered by the public employees' retirement association (PERA) who may be employed in specified education-related positions under certain circumstances with no change in their PERA retirement benefits. The act permits local education providers to elect to have all or some of their postsecondary and workforce readiness start-up funding distribution made directly to a BOCES.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/110752/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111120/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112935/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111244/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112248/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112129/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113229/download)
## Votes
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1027 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1027, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.001 — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- C. Kolker — primary (person)
- K. Stewart — primary (person)
- T. Story — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-03-12** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-11** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/18/2026 - No Amendments
- **2026-02-13** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/17/2026 - No Amendments
- **2026-02-11** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2026-02-04** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-02-02** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-01-29** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** 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/50251f75-3bdb-4022-a768-f386dc5b7958`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).