republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/sb-18-213.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transfer Academic Credits For Division Of Youth Services Youths"
description: "Under current law, when a student in out-of-home placement transfers from one school to another school, the sending school must certify to the receiving school or school district the course work that the student has fully or partially completed while enrolled at the school. The receiving school or school district must accept the student's certified course work and the course work certified by previous schools in which the student was enrolled, as reflected in the student's records, as if it had been completed at the receiving school. The receiving school or school district must apply all of the student's certified course work toward completion of the student's requirements for graduating from the grade level in which the student is enrolled at the receiving school or school district or for graduation from the receiving school or school district if the student is enrolled in twelfth grade."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "SB 18-213"
citation: "Colorado SB 18-213 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Martinez Humenik", "Leslie Herod"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e56f32f5-23b4-4ce3-87a0-421d90762054"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb18-213"
source_hash: "16fa761dead2e8209038766bcadbe13f549191a8be9878182ad804b9108b3441"
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 18-213 (2018A) — Transfer Academic Credits For Division Of Youth Services Youths

Under current law, when a student in out-of-home placement transfers from one school to another school, the sending school must certify to the receiving school or school district the course work that the student has fully or partially completed while enrolled at the school. The receiving school or school district must accept the student's certified course work and the course work certified by previous schools in which the student was enrolled, as reflected in the student's records, as if it had been completed at the receiving school. The receiving school or school district must apply all of the student's certified course work toward completion of the student's requirements for graduating from the grade level in which the student is enrolled at the receiving school or school district or for graduation from the receiving school or school district if the student is enrolled in twelfth grade.

## 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/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_sb213_h_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_213_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/11/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_213_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_213_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_213_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_213_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_213_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/29/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_213_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **64–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Martinez Humenik — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** 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/e56f32f5-23b4-4ce3-87a0-421d90762054`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).