republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1153.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Education Supplemental"
description: "The 2025 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of education. The general fund portion of the appropriation is decreased, and the cash funds, reappropriated funds, and federal funds portions are increased. Amends House Bill 25-1278, concerning modifications to the statewide education accountability system, to further appropriate the amount appropriated to the department to implement the act to the 2026-27 fiscal year. Amends Senate Bill 25-214, concerning reimbursements for eligible meals provided through the healthy school meals for all program, to transfer the appropriation for the healthy school meals for all program from the cash funds to a fund created in the healthy school meals for all program statute. The amount for school meal reimbursements is increased.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1153"
citation: "Colorado HB 1153 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Revenue & Budget"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Kirkmeyer", "E. Sirota", "J. Amabile", "J. Bridges", "K. Brown", "R. Taggart"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7111ecab-27f1-4ab4-b0a8-a73872a1cdf5"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1153"
source_hash: "20299d78ffb51dc5e31ee4d19d777253c43845a7fdedff1405ed1446490f3d89"
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 1153 (2026A) — Department of Education Supplemental

The 2025 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of education. The general fund portion of the appropriation is decreased, and the cash funds, reappropriated funds, and federal funds portions are increased. Amends House Bill 25-1278, concerning modifications to the statewide education accountability system, to further appropriate the amount appropriated to the department to implement the act to the 2026-27 fiscal year. Amends Senate Bill 25-214, concerning reimbursements for eligible meals provided through the healthy school meals for all program, to transfer the appropriation for the healthy school meals for all program from the cash funds to a fund created in the healthy school meals for all program statute. The amount for school meal reimbursements is increased.(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/111473/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111770/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112863/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111927/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112406/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112262/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113236/download)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 26-1153 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1153 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

## Sponsors

- B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- E. Sirota — primary (person)
- J. Amabile — primary (person)
- J. Bridges — primary (person)
- K. Brown — primary (person)
- R. Taggart — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — 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`
- **2026-02-20** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-02-18** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2026-02-12** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-02-10** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7111ecab-27f1-4ab4-b0a8-a73872a1cdf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).