republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1062.md

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Bill	Colorado Student Free Expression Law	The act clarifies that the term "student publication" can mean a publication in written, broadcast, or online format. A student advisor may encourage expression consistent with high standards of English and journalism.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2020A	HB 20-1062	Colorado HB 20-1062 (2020A)	bill		enacted	Barbara McLachlan Don Coram Pete Lee	9	13	2	2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00	2020-03-24T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/76c1af0c-c809-41a3-8829-5874b32ffbfe	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1062	585d61301e960b4865a0467b1f25d9d8e97667ed3ed73030ee80213d6550bc4b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 20-1062 (2020A) — Colorado Student Free Expression Law

The act clarifies that the term "student publication" can mean a publication in written, broadcast, or online format. A student advisor may encourage expression consistent with high standards of English and journalism.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/12/2020) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/17/2020) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/08/2020) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/07/2020) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (02/13/2020) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (03/10/2020) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (03/09/2020) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (03/24/2020) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 59–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
• Don Coram — primary (person)
• Pete Lee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-03-24T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-09T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-12T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2020-02-11T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2020-02-06T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/76c1af0c-c809-41a3-8829-5874b32ffbfe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).