Colorado Senate Bill 80

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-2)
Status: Failed on May 11 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-06-04 - Governor Signed
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Concerning creating the cradle to career grant program.

Cradle to Career Grant Program Creation

Sen. James Coleman [D]	Sen. Cleave Simpson [R]	Rep. Regina English [D]	Rep. Meghan Lukens [D]
Sen. Judith Amabile [D]	Sen. Lisa Cutter [D]	Sen. Jessie Danielson [D]	Sen. Tony Exum [D]
Sen. Julie Gonzales [D]	Sen. Iman Jodeh [D]	Sen. Cathy Kipp [D]	Rep. William Lindstedt [D]
Sen. Janice Marchman [D]	Sen. Katie Wallace [D]	Rep. Sean Camacho [D]	Rep. Monica Duran [D]
Rep. Ryan Gonzalez [R]	Rep. Junie Joseph [D]	Rep. Brianna Titone [D]

2026-05-13 - Senate - Senate: House Amendments Repass (Y: 30 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-13 - Senate - Senate: House Amendments Concur (Y: 35 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-13 - House - House: Third Reading Perm (Y: 52 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-13 - House - House: Third Reading Bill (Y: 41 N: 24 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-12 - House - House Appropriations: Refer Senate Bill 26-080, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. (Y: 8 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-12 - House - House Appropriations: Reconsider SB 26-080 (Y: 6 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-12 - House - House Appropriations: Adopt amendment L.014 (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-12 - House - House Appropriations: Adopt amendment L.013 (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-12 - House - House Appropriations: Adopt amendment L.012 (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-11 - House - House Appropriations: Refer Senate Bill 26-080 to the Committee of the Whole. (Y: 5 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2026-05-11 - House - House Appropriations: Postpone Senate Bill 26-080 indefinitely using a reversal of the previous roll call. There was no objection to the use of the reverse roll call, therefore, the bill was postponed indefinitely. (Y: 6 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-07 - House - House Finance: Refer Senate Bill 26-080, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. (Y: 7 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-04-30 - House - House Education: Refer Senate Bill 26-080 to the Committee on Finance. (Y: 7 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-13 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading Bill (Y: 31 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-10 - Senate - Senate Appropriations: Refer Senate Bill 26-080, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-10 - Senate - Senate Appropriations: Adopt amendment L.006 (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-26 - Senate - Senate Local Government & Housing: Adopt amendment L.004 (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-26 - Senate - Senate Local Government & Housing: Adopt amendment L.003 (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-26 - Senate - Senate Local Government & Housing: Adopt amendment L.002 (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-26 - Senate - Senate Local Government & Housing: Adopt amendment L.001 (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-26 - Senate - Senate Local Government & Housing: Refer Senate Bill 26-080, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. (Y: 6 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-06-04		Governor Signed
2026-05-19		Sent to the Governor
2026-05-19	House	Signed by the Speaker of the House
2026-05-19	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2026-05-13	Senate	Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
2026-05-13	House	House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
2026-05-12	House	House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
2026-05-12	House	House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
2026-05-11	House	House Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely
2026-05-07	House	House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations
2026-04-30	House	House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Finance
2026-04-22	House	House Committee on Education Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
2026-04-13	House	Introduced In House - Assigned to Education
2026-04-13	Senate	Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
2026-04-10	Senate	Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
2026-04-10	Senate	Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
2026-02-26	Senate	Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Appropriations
2026-02-06	Senate	Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing

Type	Source
Summary	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-080
Text	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111435/download
Text	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114376/download
Text	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114479/download
Text	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116407/download
Text	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116460/download
Text	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116507/download
Text	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117132/download
Amendment	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_amendments/18074/download
Amendment	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_amendments/18077/download
Amendment	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_amendments/18076/download
Amendment	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_amendments/18075/download
Amendment	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_amendments/19131/download
Amendment	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_amendments/19130/download
Amendment	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_amendments/20090/download
Amendment	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_amendments/20311/download
Amendment	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_amendments/20313/download
Amendment	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_amendments/20312/download
Amendment	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_amendments/20320/download
Supplement	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112567/download
Supplement	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114252/download
Supplement	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114272/download
Supplement	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116205/download
Supplement	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116341/download
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/committee_meeting_hearing_items/29475/votes/42421
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/committee_meeting_hearing_items/29475/votes/42567
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/committee_meeting_hearing_items/29475/votes/42568
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/committee_meeting_hearing_items/29475/votes/42569
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/committee_meeting_hearing_items/29475/votes/42570
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/committee_meeting_hearing_items/30249/votes/44402
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/committee_meeting_hearing_items/30249/votes/44385
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_votes/29103
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/committee_meeting_hearing_items/30652/votes/45054
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/committee_meeting_hearing_items/30892/votes/45430
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/committee_meeting_hearing_items/30956/votes/45506
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/committee_meeting_hearing_items/30956/votes/45530
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/committee_meeting_hearing_items/31002/votes/45645
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/committee_meeting_hearing_items/31002/votes/45647
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/committee_meeting_hearing_items/31002/votes/45648
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/committee_meeting_hearing_items/31002/votes/45644
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/committee_meeting_hearing_items/31002/votes/45629
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_votes/29985
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_votes/29972
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_votes/30065
Roll Call	https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_votes/30066