All Roll Calls
Yes: 117 • No: 21
ColoradoHB25-11862025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Work-Based Learning Experiences in Higher Education
Sponsored By: Dafna Michaelson Jenet (Democratic), Janice Rich (Republican), Matthew Martinez (Democratic), Meghan Lukens (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
Higher Education
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Bill Overview
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3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
New college pilot connects coursework with employers
Colorado creates a three-year college pilot to put employer-sponsored projects into courses that earn credit. It starts only after its fund receives $2 million in gifts, grants, or donations. The higher education department selects colleges based on funding and its criteria; faculty stipends depend on available money. The department must convene the group by July 1, 2026, or within 90 days after sufficient funding arrives, as applicable. A contracted platform connects faculty with employers, and the group reports results and recommendations to legislative education committees after three years. The fund accepts donations and state money, which the department can spend without another appropriation. If the fund has not reached $2 million by June 30, 2028, the Treasurer must return donor and grant contributions. If the pilot starts, remaining money is returned proportionally to donors and grantors the day before the fund’s repeal. Any money left after those returns goes to the General Fund. The pilot law ends three years after the program starts, or July 1, 2031, if it never starts.
Work-study can cover required learning credits
Eligible Colorado colleges can use work-study money to pay the cost of work-based learning credits required for graduation. Money used for these credits is exempt from the student employment contract requirement. Colleges decide whether to use this option, and available help depends on their work-study funding.
Scholarship funding lasts longer for students
Colorado extends funding and operating deadlines for its universal high school scholarship program. Unspent or uncommitted money from the $25 million 2023–24 appropriation remains available through state fiscal year 2025–26 without another appropriation. The transfer of unused, uncommitted fund money to the General Fund moves from December 30, 2026, to June 30, 2027. The program’s repeal moves from December 31, 2026, to July 1, 2027, and administrative spending cannot exceed $1.5 million. These changes do not change scholarship eligibility or set individual award amounts.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Democratic • Senate
Janice Rich
Republican • Senate
Matthew Martinez
Democratic • House
Meghan Lukens
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Andrew Boesenecker
Democratic • House
Bob Marshall
Democratic • House
Brianna Titone
Democratic • House
Chad Clifford
Democratic • House
Eliza Hamrick
Democratic • House
Gretchen Rydin
Democratic • House
Jennifer Bacon
Democratic • House
Julie McCluskie
Democratic • House
Jacque Phillips
Democratic • House
Kyle Brown
Democratic • House
Karen McCormick
Democratic • House
Katie Stewart
Democratic • House
Lesley Smith
Democratic • House
Monica Duran
Democratic • House
Mandy Lindsay
Democratic • House
Regina English
Democratic • House
Ryan Gonzalez
Republican • House
Rep. S. Bird
Affiliation unavailable
Sean Camacho
Democratic • House
Sheila Lieder
Democratic • House
Tisha Mauro
Democratic • House
Tammy Story
Democratic • House
Yara Zokaie
Democratic • House
Cathy Kipp
Democratic • Senate
Dylan Roberts
Democratic • Senate
Iman Jodeh
Democratic • Senate
Judy Amabile
Democratic • Senate
Jeff Bridges
Democratic • Senate
Julie Gonzales
Democratic • Senate
Kyle Mullica
Democratic • Senate
Katie Wallace
Democratic • Senate
Lisa Cutter
Democratic • Senate
Lindsey Daugherty
Democratic • Senate
Matt Ball
Democratic • Senate
Marc Catlin
Republican • Senate
Tony Exum
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/5/2025
Third reading: Bill
Yes: 33 • No: 2
Senate vote • 5/2/2025
Refer House Bill 25-1186 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
Yes: 7 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/30/2025
Refer House Bill 25-1186 to the Committee on Appropriations.
Yes: 7 • No: 0
House vote • 4/30/2025
Third reading: Bill
Yes: 51 • No: 14
House vote • 4/29/2025
Refer House Bill 25-1186, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
Yes: 7 • No: 4
House vote • 3/5/2025
Refer House Bill 25-1186, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Yes: 12 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
5/30/2025HouseSigned by the Speaker of the House
5/13/2025HouseSigned by the President of the Senate
5/13/2025SenateSent to the Governor
5/13/2025HouseSenate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
5/5/2025SenateSenate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
5/2/2025SenateSenate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
5/2/2025SenateHouse Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
4/30/2025HouseIntroduced In Senate - Assigned to Education
4/30/2025SenateSenate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations
4/30/2025SenateHouse Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
4/29/2025HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
4/29/2025HouseHouse Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations
3/5/2025HouseIntroduced In House - Assigned to Education
2/10/2025House
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