republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1180.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tuition Assistance For Certificate Programs"
description: "Under the existing tuition assistance program for students enrolled in career and technical education certificate programs (certificate programs), students enrolled in certificate programs may qualify for tuition assistance if they meet the income eligibility requirements for the federal Pell grant program but the certificate program does not meet the Pell grant minimum credit hour requirements. Under the bill, the tuition assistance program is available to students who are enrolled in certificate programs that do not meet the minimum credit hour requirements for the federal Pell grant program and who meet an income eligibility standard set by the Colorado commission on higher education. The bill clarifies that tuition assistance means money a student may use to pay for tuition, fees, and course materials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1180"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1180 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andy Kerr", "Faith Winter", "Polly Lawrence", "Tim Neville"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a1b5f48-29a4-4fc7-b1f0-f6aef6976283"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1180"
source_hash: "bc8a50a9a590bed3323d3d6e51251618673730bbbba0dba0117cdebbf23e7fa3"
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 17-1180 (2017A) — Tuition Assistance For Certificate Programs

Under the existing tuition assistance program for students enrolled in career and technical education certificate programs (certificate programs), students enrolled in certificate programs may qualify for tuition assistance if they meet the income eligibility requirements for the federal Pell grant program but the certificate program does not meet the Pell grant minimum credit hour requirements. Under the bill, the tuition assistance program is available to students who are enrolled in certificate programs that do not meet the minimum credit hour requirements for the federal Pell grant program and who meet an income eligibility standard set by the Colorado commission on higher education. The bill clarifies that tuition assistance means money a student may use to pay for tuition, fees, and course materials.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017a_hb1180_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1180_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/22/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1180_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1180_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1180_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/15/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1180_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/14/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1180_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/30/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1180_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1180 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-2. — **11–2** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1180 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Andy Kerr — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Polly Lawrence — primary (person)
- Tim Neville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/4a1b5f48-29a4-4fc7-b1f0-f6aef6976283`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).