republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-34.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Auraria Board Student & Faculty Participation"
description: "Under current law, the members of the Auraria board of directors (board) who are the representatives of the student advisory committee and faculty advisory committee are nonvoting members. The act makes the student board member and the faculty board member voting members of the board. Concerning the student board member, the act repeals the requirement that the student be a full-time student and reduces the Colorado residency requirement from 3 years prior to the member's election to one year prior to the member's election. The faculty advisory committee is expanded from 6 to 9 members. One of the additional members is elected from each constituent institution of the Auraria higher education center. The act states that board members are fiduciaries of the Auraria higher education center and requires board members to recuse themselves from a vote or executive session of the board when they have a conflict of interest.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "Colorado SB 34 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Kolker", "E. Hamrick", "J. Bacon", "J. Marchman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-26"
last_action: "2026-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17dede34-8db0-4f5a-95a0-a164e540a2c1"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-034"
source_hash: "e2f1ba262eac8bd57abedd72ae254406fc20b60279ba1f9ae6110f7b101b46c8"
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 SB 34 (2026A) — Auraria Board Student & Faculty Participation

Under current law, the members of the Auraria board of directors (board) who are the representatives of the student advisory committee and faculty advisory committee are nonvoting members. The act makes the student board member and the faculty board member voting members of the board. Concerning the student board member, the act repeals the requirement that the student be a full-time student and reduces the Colorado residency requirement from 3 years prior to the member's election to one year prior to the member's election. The faculty advisory committee is expanded from 6 to 9 members. One of the additional members is elected from each constituent institution of the Auraria higher education center. The act states that board members are fiduciaries of the Auraria higher education center and requires board members to recuse themselves from a vote or executive session of the board when they have a conflict of interest.(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/110941/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112005/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113304/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112041/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113156/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113128/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113825/download)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 26-034, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.006 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.001 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer Senate Bill 26-034 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Kolker — primary (person)
- E. Hamrick — primary (person)
- J. Bacon — primary (person)
- J. Marchman — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-27** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-10** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-11** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-03-05** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2026-02-17** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 02/17/2026 - No Amendments
- **2026-02-12** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2026-02-09** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17dede34-8db0-4f5a-95a0-a164e540a2c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).