republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1386.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado National Guard Tuition Waiver Funding"
description: "In current law, a person who is a member of the Colorado National Guard who is accepted for enrollment at a designated institution of higher education (member) has all their tuition costs waived. All tuition waiver costs are currently funded by the state from money in the Colorado National Guard tuition fund. The act changes the funding mechanism of the Colorado National Guard tuition waiver program by requiring each designated institution of higher education to waive the remaining balance of a member's tuition cost in excess of the amount of any private, state, or federal financial assistance received. The act requires the department of military and veterans affairs to reimburse each institution for 50% of the cost of tuition waived by the institution and requires the general assembly to appropriate money to the Colorado National Guard tuition fund to cover the reimbursement.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1386"
citation: "Colorado HB 1386 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "Military & Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Kirkmeyer", "E. Sirota", "J. Amabile", "J. Bridges", "K. Brown", "R. Taggart"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-04-02"
last_action: "2026-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d4c7614-5e42-4aa6-889c-6f12d9a962da"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1386"
source_hash: "73dbdb46366fd26ecf55b609d2300d89ce5603dc3a38392ce850596dbf236f57"
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 1386 (2026A) — Colorado National Guard Tuition Waiver Funding

In current law, a person who is a member of the Colorado National Guard who is accepted for enrollment at a designated institution of higher education (member) has all their tuition costs waived. All tuition waiver costs are currently funded by the state from money in the Colorado National Guard tuition fund. The act changes the funding mechanism of the Colorado National Guard tuition waiver program by requiring each designated institution of higher education to waive the remaining balance of a member's tuition cost in excess of the amount of any private, state, or federal financial assistance received. The act requires the department of military and veterans affairs to reimburse each institution for 50% of the cost of tuition waived by the institution and requires the general assembly to appropriate money to the Colorado National Guard tuition fund to cover the reimbursement.(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/114037/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114340/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116630/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114426/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114747/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114638/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117011/download)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 26-1386 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1386 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)
- A. Flanell — cosponsor (person)
- A. Hartsook — cosponsor (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- B. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
- C. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
- K. DeGraaf — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- L. Feret — cosponsor (person)
- L. Garcia Sander — cosponsor (person)
- L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- L. Suckla — cosponsor (person)
- M. Bradfield — 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)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Slaugh — cosponsor (person)
- T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
- T. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — 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`
- **2026-04-10** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-09** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-08** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - 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/5d4c7614-5e42-4aa6-889c-6f12d9a962da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).