republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1351.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Healthy School Meals for All State Education Fund"
description: "During the 2023-24 and 2024-25 state fiscal years, the general assembly appropriated money from the state education fund for expenditures related to the healthy school meals for all program. The act directs the state treasurer to transfer $31,066,831 from the healthy school meals for all program cash fund (program fund) to the state education fund on July 1, 2026. Under current law, beginning on July 1, 2026, and on each July 1 thereafter, the state treasurer is required to transfer money from the state education fund to the program fund and to the healthy school meals for all program fund account (account) within the program fund. The act delays that requirement so that the treasurer is required to transfer money from the state education fund to the program fund and to the account beginning on July 1, 2028. In addition, the act repeals reporting requirements related to money in the program fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1351"
citation: "Colorado HB 1351 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Kirkmeyer", "E. Sirota", "J. Amabile", "J. Bridges", "K. Brown", "R. Taggart"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-04-02"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b907811-8f66-48c2-a45c-8a751c4c9f0d"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1351"
source_hash: "188183b58f58b79dad08c4afaf2fa2ab73851e22b28a048ea0a7ba5b10a0d774"
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 1351 (2026A) — Healthy School Meals for All State Education Fund

During the 2023-24 and 2024-25 state fiscal years, the general assembly appropriated money from the state education fund for expenditures related to the healthy school meals for all program. The act directs the state treasurer to transfer $31,066,831 from the healthy school meals for all program cash fund (program fund) to the state education fund on July 1, 2026. Under current law, beginning on July 1, 2026, and on each July 1 thereafter, the state treasurer is required to transfer money from the state education fund to the program fund and to the healthy school meals for all program fund account (account) within the program fund. The act delays that requirement so that the treasurer is required to transfer money from the state education fund to the program fund and to the account beginning on July 1, 2028. In addition, the act repeals reporting requirements related to money in the program fund.(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/113997/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114282/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116622/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114390/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114762/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114673/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116753/download)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 26-1351 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1351 to the Committee of the Whole. — **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)
- B. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-27** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-15** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-14** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2026-04-11** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-09** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-08** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-06** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** 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/0b907811-8f66-48c2-a45c-8a751c4c9f0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).