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type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing Frequency of Colorado Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act Independent Evaluations"
description: "The act changes the requirement for an independent evaluation of the use of 'Colorado Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act' (READ Act) money from an annual requirement to a biennial requirement. The act adds a requirement that the Colorado department of education post an annual report on its website that summarizes data from local education providers on their reading curricula; programs, services, and supports; and student progress and includes any department input on proposed program changes. The act reduces the appropriation made in the annual general appropriation act for the 2026-27 state fiscal year to the department of education from the state education fund for the early literacy program external evaluation by $750,000.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1352"
citation: "Colorado HB 1352 (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: "2026-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6136a06-f0cb-4013-a986-40b168b2cbbc"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1352"
source_hash: "7ad7afbb19977c736ad4ad56a597ca351579e1091b21c2de60806eb29373be3d"
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 1352 (2026A) — Reducing Frequency of Colorado Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act Independent Evaluations
The act changes the requirement for an independent evaluation of the use of 'Colorado Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act' (READ Act) money from an annual requirement to a biennial requirement. The act adds a requirement that the Colorado department of education post an annual report on its website that summarizes data from local education providers on their reading curricula; programs, services, and supports; and student progress and includes any department input on proposed program changes. The act reduces the appropriation made in the annual general appropriation act for the 2026-27 state fiscal year to the department of education from the state education fund for the early literacy program external evaluation by $750,000.(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/113999/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114280/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116639/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114391/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114717/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114660/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116994/download)
## Votes
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1352 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1352 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)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-06-01** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-22** 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 - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **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/c6136a06-f0cb-4013-a986-40b168b2cbbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).