republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1078.md

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Bill	Off-Campus Courses & Concurrent Enrollment Programs	The act allows off-campus courses to be included in concurrent enrollment programs when the off-campus courses meet the requirements for concurrent enrollment programs and the requirements of an accrediting agency recognized by the United States department of education. The act provides that additional concurrent enrollment courses shall not be approved after July 1, 2028 unless the general assembly indicates in a footnote in the general appropriations act that the department of education (department) has sufficient funding for course and audit oversight requirements to allow approval of additional concurrent enrollment courses. For the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $66,056 from the general fund to the department and reduces the general fund appropriation for the college opportunity fund program by $80,178 with a corresponding decrease in reappropriated funds for the regents of the university of Colorado.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1078	Colorado HB 1078 (2026A)	bill	Higher Education	enacted	B. Kirkmeyer E. Hamrick J. Marchman L. Smith S. Bright	7	16	10	2026-02-02	2026-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/7fb1958d-6639-41c4-a830-9268063a7c67	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1078	e223f88bf1ee35fb76166587db529b0276462294ee72a07a4389645b56f0f837	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1078 (2026A) — Off-Campus Courses & Concurrent Enrollment Programs

The act allows off-campus courses to be included in concurrent enrollment programs when the off-campus courses meet the requirements for concurrent enrollment programs and the requirements of an accrediting agency recognized by the United States department of education. The act provides that additional concurrent enrollment courses shall not be approved after July 1, 2028 unless the general assembly indicates in a footnote in the general appropriations act that the department of education (department) has sufficient funding for course and audit oversight requirements to allow approval of additional concurrent enrollment courses. For the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $66,056 from the general fund to the department and reduces the general fund appropriation for the college opportunity fund program by $80,178 with a corresponding decrease in reappropriated funds for the regents of the university of Colorado.(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
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
6. Revised (committee substitute) — source
7. Signed Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• REPASS — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer House Bill 26-1078, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment J.002 — pass (pass) · lower
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1078, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1078, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.010 — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.001 — pass (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer House Bill 26-1078 to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
• E. Hamrick — primary (person)
• J. Marchman — primary (person)
• L. Smith — primary (person)
• S. Bright — primary (person)
• A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
• A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
• B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
• G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
• I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
• J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
• J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
• J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
• J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
• K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
• K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
• K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
• L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
• L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
• L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
• M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
• M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
• M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
• M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
• N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
• N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
• R. English — cosponsor (person)
• R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
• S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
• S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
• T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
• T. Story — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-01 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-05-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-29 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-05-29 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 - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-05 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2026-05-05 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-04-29 Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-04-23 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2026-04-21 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-20 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-04-17 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2026-04-17 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-02-02 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7fb1958d-6639-41c4-a830-9268063a7c67. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).