# Colorado HB26-1299: Reducing Regulatory Burden on Education Providers Colorado HB26-1299, Reducing Regulatory Burden on Education Providers, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Byron Pelton (Republican), Jeff Bridges (Democratic), Lori Garcia Sander (Republican) and 1 others; status signed, last action 2026-06-01 (Governor Signed) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1299-2026A - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Colorado HB26-1299 - State: Colorado - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Reducing Regulatory Burden on Education Providers - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-25 - Last action: 2026-06-01, Governor Signed - Sponsors: Byron Pelton (Republican), Jeff Bridges (Democratic), Lori Garcia Sander (Republican), Meghan Lukens (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 22 - Subjects: Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12) - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (116 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Missing children checked against school records: benefit, low. Colorado's Bureau of Investigation sends its missing-children list to the Department of Education instead of individual school districts. The department checks the list against public-school enrollment records. It reports matches or last-known school enrollment information to the bureau, which must… - Schools gain protection from data pressure: benefit, low. Colorado's Department of Education cannot label a voluntary data request as required. This protects school districts, public schools, and the State Charter School Institute. The department also cannot tie benefits unrelated to a specific grant to completing a voluntary request. Conditions specifica… - Small school systems can combine plans: benefit, low. Colorado school districts with 1,200 students or fewer can submit one plan to meet district and school planning requirements. Charter networks with 1,200 students or fewer can submit one plan for their schools if they have one authorizer. This means one entity must authorize all schools in the netw… - Less school paperwork, fewer parent notices: mixed, low. Colorado schools no longer need written policies about using paper instead of computers for parts of state tests. The law also removes required parent consultation, sharing, and posting of those policies—not state testing itself. The law's changes take effect at 12:01 a.m. after the 90-day period f… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Byron Pelton (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Jeff Bridges (Democratic), Senate - Sponsor: Lori Garcia Sander (Republican), House - Sponsor: Meghan Lukens (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Bob Marshall (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Carlos Barron (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chad Clifford (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Chris Richardson (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Dan Woog (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Gretchen Rydin (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jamie Jackson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Julie McCluskie (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jacque Phillips (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kenny Nguyen (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Katie Stewart (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lori Goldstein (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lesley Smith (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Monica Duran (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mandy Lindsay (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Ryan Gonzalez (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rebecca Keltie (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ron Weinberg (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Sean Camacho (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Sheila Lieder (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Cathy Kipp (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: James Coleman (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-05-04 | Senate | Third reading: Bill | pass | 35 | 0 | | | 2026-04-29 | Senate | Refer House Bill 26-1299 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. | pass | 6 | 0 | | | 2026-03-20 | House | Third reading: Bill | pass | 63 | 0 | | | 2026-03-11 | House | Refer House Bill 26-1299, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. | pass | 12 | 0 | | ## Actions (14) - 2026-06-01: Governor Signed (House) - 2026-05-29: Signed by the Speaker of the House (House) - 2026-05-29: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2026-05-29: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2026-05-04: Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (Senate) - 2026-05-01: Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments (Senate) - 2026-04-29: Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole (Senate) - 2026-03-25: Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education (Senate) - 2026-03-20: House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (House) - 2026-03-18: House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments (House) - 2026-03-17: House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor (House) - 2026-03-16: House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments (House) - 2026-03-11: House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole (House) - 2026-02-25: Introduced In House - Assigned to Education (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113409/download) - Final Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116784/download) - House Education Preamend: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113244/download) - Introduced: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112620/download) - Reengrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113544/download) - Rerevised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115669/download) - Revised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115576/download) - Signed Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116981/download) ## Related bills - HB26-1298: Background Checks for Child Welfare Placements (signed) - HB26-1250: Procedures Related to Civil Asset Forfeiture (signed) - HB26-1414: Medical Record Requests (signed) - HB26-1430: Transportation Funding Adjustments (signed) - SB26-155: Increase Access Homeowner's Insurance Enterprise (signed) - HB26-1429: County Administration Public Assistance Programs (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113409/download) - [Final Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116784/download) - [House Education Preamend (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113244/download) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112620/download) - [Reengrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113544/download) - [Rerevised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115669/download) - [Revised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115576/download) - [Signed Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116981/download) ## Related - [HB26-1298: Background Checks for Child Welfare Placements](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1298-2026A) - [HB26-1250: Procedures Related to Civil Asset Forfeiture](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1250-2026A) - [HB26-1414: Medical Record Requests](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1414-2026A) - [HB26-1430: Transportation Funding Adjustments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1430-2026A) - [SB26-155: Increase Access Homeowner's Insurance Enterprise](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB26-155-2026A) - [HB26-1429: County Administration Public Assistance Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1429-2026A) - 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