republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1028.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Second Language Educational Program for High School Students"
description: "Current law provides for a diploma endorsement of biliteracy by completing certain educational requirements in English in addition to a second language. The act changes the educational requirements for the biliteracy program and creates a diploma endorsement for bilingualism for graduating high school students. The act allows high school students in local education providers that do not offer the biliteracy or the bilingualism program to access the program through other local education providers or a state institution of higher education. If the student's local education provider does not offer and chooses not to establish a program that offers the endorsement that the student is seeking, the student's local education provider may enter into an agreement with another local education provider or state institution of higher education that offers the endorsement that the student is seeking. A local education provider or state institution of higher education may charge a fee to provide the diploma endorsement program. The fee must reflect the actual and indirect costs of running the diploma endorsement program. The enrolled student's local education provider must pay the fee on behalf of the student.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1028"
citation: "Colorado HB 1028 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["E. Velasco", "L. Cutter", "L. García"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 14
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/942f9147-0cc2-4ab9-b988-b8956ed3ba1a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1028"
source_hash: "c4443b30d8c5b8dcc2f6367c0fa5ddb918e298e0e82fa5d5fb91f28dcc590b57"
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 1028 (2026A) — Second Language Educational Program for High School Students

Current law provides for a diploma endorsement of biliteracy by completing certain educational requirements in English in addition to a second language. The act changes the educational requirements for the biliteracy program and creates a diploma endorsement for bilingualism for graduating high school students. The act allows high school students in local education providers that do not offer the biliteracy or the bilingualism program to access the program through other local education providers or a state institution of higher education. If the student's local education provider does not offer and chooses not to establish a program that offers the endorsement that the student is seeking, the student's local education provider may enter into an agreement with another local education provider or state institution of higher education that offers the endorsement that the student is seeking. A local education provider or state institution of higher education may charge a fee to provide the diploma endorsement program. The fee must reflect the actual and indirect costs of running the diploma endorsement program. The enrolled student's local education provider must pay the fee on behalf of the student.(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/110761/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114979/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116843/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115073/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115895/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115794/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116974/download)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 26-1028, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1028 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.002 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1028, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.001 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- E. Velasco — primary (person)
- L. Cutter — primary (person)
- L. García — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — 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. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-06-02** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-06-01** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-05-07** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2026-05-06** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-05** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-05-04** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-24** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2026-04-22** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-21** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-04-17** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `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/942f9147-0cc2-4ab9-b988-b8956ed3ba1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).