Colorado HB 1345 — Higher Education Funding Allocation Model Changes
Colorado, 2026A. HB 1345: Higher Education Funding Allocation Model Changes
Latest action
June 4, 2026 — Governor Signed
Summary
The act changes the higher education funding provisions, effective for the 2027-28 state fiscal year. Under current law, a state institution of higher education's governing board's annual fee-for-service contract includes funding calculated based on 3 components: Ongoing additional funding, performance funding, and temporary additional funding. The act:Changes the name of the funding from 'performance funding' to 'results-informed funding';Redefines terms and metrics that are used to determine results-informed funding; andReorders the components and eliminates current statutory language that requires sequential calculation of the components. For the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the act prohibits the commission on higher education from allocating money to nonpublic institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, or proprietary institutions of higher education for it students under a financial assistance program or a work-study program.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors
- E. Hamrick — primary sponsor
- J. McCluskie — primary sponsor
- J. Coleman — primary sponsor
- C. Simpson — primary sponsor
- J. Bacon
- A. Boesenecker
- K. Brown
- S. Camacho
- C. Clifford
- M. Duran
- R. English
- M. Froelich
- L. Goldstein
- J. Jackson
- J. Joseph
- S. Lieder
- M. Lindsay
- M. Lukens
- B. Marshall
- M. Martinez
- T. Mauro
- K. Nguyen
- A. Paschal
- J. Phillips
- N. Ricks
- M. Rutinel
- G. Rydin
- E. Sirota
- L. Smith
- K. Stewart
- S. Woodrow
- J. Amabile
- M. Ball
- J. Bridges
- L. Cutter
- T. Exum
- J. Gonzales
- I. Jodeh
- C. Kipp
Bill text
Signed Act Read version ↗
Final Act Read version ↗
Rerevised Read version ↗
Revised Read version ↗
Reengrossed Read version ↗
Engrossed Read version ↗
Introduced Read version ↗
Recorded votes
BILL
May 11, 2026 · Senate · pass
yes: 32 · no: 3 · other: 0
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (35)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Amabile | yes |
| Baisley | no |
| Ball | yes |
| Benavidez | yes |
| Bridges | yes |
| Bright | yes |
| Carson | no |
| Catlin | yes |
| Cutter | yes |
| Danielson | yes |
| Daugherty | yes |
| Exum | yes |
| Frizell | yes |
| Gonzales J. | yes |
| Hinrichsen | yes |
| Jodeh | yes |
| Kipp | yes |
| Kirkmeyer | yes |
| Kolker | yes |
| Lindstedt | yes |
| Liston | yes |
| Marchman | yes |
| Mullica | yes |
| Pelton B. | yes |
| Pelton R. | yes |
| Rich | yes |
| Roberts | yes |
| Rodriguez | yes |
| Simpson | yes |
| Snyder | yes |
| Sullivan | yes |
| Wallace | yes |
| Weissman | yes |
| Zamora Wilson | no |
| Coleman | yes |
Refer House Bill 26-1345, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
May 6, 2026 · Senate · pass
yes: 7 · no: 0 · other: 0
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (7)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Jeff Bridges | yes |
| Janice Marchman | yes |
| Chris Kolker | yes |
| Cathy Kipp | yes |
| Rod Pelton | yes |
| Janice Rich | yes |
| Cleave Simpson | yes |
CONCUR
May 12, 2026 · House · pass
yes: 43 · no: 21 · other: 1
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (65)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Bacon | yes |
| Barron | no |
| Boesenecker | yes |
| Bottoms | no |
| Bradfield | no |
| Bradley | no |
| Brooks | no |
| Brown | yes |
| Caldwell | no |
| Camacho | yes |
| Carter | yes |
| Clifford | yes |
| DeGraaf | no |
| Duran | yes |
| English | yes |
| Espenoza | no |
| Feret | yes |
| Flanell | no |
| Froelich | yes |
| Garcia | yes |
| Garcia Sander | yes |
| Gilchrist | yes |
| Goldstein | yes |
| Gonzalez R. | yes |
| Hamrick | yes |
| Hartsook | no |
| Jackson | yes |
| Johnson | no |
| Joseph | yes |
| Keltie | no |
| Lieder | yes |
| Lindsay | yes |
| Luck | yes |
| Lukens | yes |
| Mabrey | yes |
| Marshall | yes |
| Martinez | yes |
| Mauro | yes |
| McCormick | yes |
| Nguyen | yes |
| Paschal | no |
| Phillips | no |
| Richardson | no |
| Ricks | no |
| Rutinel | yes |
| Rydin | yes |
| Sirota | yes |
| Slaugh | no |
| Smith | yes |
| Soper | no |
| Stewart K. | yes |
| Stewart R. | yes |
| Story | excused |
| Suckla | no |
| Taggart | yes |
| Titone | yes |
| Valdez | yes |
| Velasco | yes |
| Weinberg | no |
| Willford | yes |
| Winter T. | no |
| Woodrow | yes |
| Woog | yes |
| Zokaie | yes |
| McCluskie | yes |
BILL
April 30, 2026 · House · pass
yes: 54 · no: 9 · other: 2
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (65)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Story | yes |
| Bacon | yes |
| Barron | yes |
| Boesenecker | yes |
| Bottoms | excused |
| Bradfield | yes |
| Bradley | no |
| Brooks | no |
| Brown | yes |
| Caldwell | yes |
| Camacho | yes |
| Carter | yes |
| Clifford | yes |
| DeGraaf | no |
| Duran | yes |
| English | yes |
| Espenoza | yes |
| Feret | yes |
| Flanell | yes |
| Froelich | yes |
| Garcia | yes |
| Garcia Sander | yes |
| Gilchrist | yes |
| Goldstein | yes |
| Gonzalez R. | yes |
| Hamrick | yes |
| Hartsook | yes |
| Jackson | yes |
| Johnson | yes |
| Joseph | yes |
| Keltie | no |
| Lieder | yes |
| Lindsay | yes |
| Luck | no |
| Lukens | yes |
| Mabrey | yes |
| Marshall | yes |
| Martinez | yes |
| Mauro | yes |
| McCormick | yes |
| Nguyen | yes |
| Paschal | yes |
| Phillips | yes |
| Richardson | yes |
| Ricks | yes |
| Rutinel | yes |
| Rydin | yes |
| Sirota | yes |
| Slaugh | excused |
| Smith | yes |
| Soper | no |
| Stewart K. | yes |
| Stewart R. | yes |
| Suckla | no |
| Taggart | yes |
| Titone | yes |
| Valdez | yes |
| Velasco | yes |
| Weinberg | no |
| Willford | yes |
| Winter T. | yes |
| Woodrow | yes |
| Woog | no |
| Zokaie | yes |
| McCluskie | yes |
REPASS
May 12, 2026 · House · pass
yes: 51 · no: 13 · other: 1
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (65)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Bacon | yes |
| Barron | yes |
| Boesenecker | yes |
| Bottoms | no |
| Bradfield | no |
| Bradley | no |
| Brooks | no |
| Brown | yes |
| Caldwell | yes |
| Camacho | yes |
| Carter | yes |
| Clifford | yes |
| DeGraaf | no |
| Duran | yes |
| English | yes |
| Espenoza | no |
| Feret | yes |
| Flanell | yes |
| Froelich | yes |
| Garcia | yes |
| Garcia Sander | yes |
| Gilchrist | yes |
| Goldstein | yes |
| Gonzalez R. | yes |
| Hamrick | yes |
| Hartsook | yes |
| Jackson | yes |
| Johnson | yes |
| Joseph | yes |
| Keltie | no |
| Lieder | yes |
| Lindsay | yes |
| Luck | no |
| Lukens | yes |
| Mabrey | yes |
| Marshall | yes |
| Martinez | yes |
| Mauro | yes |
| McCormick | yes |
| Nguyen | yes |
| Paschal | no |
| Phillips | yes |
| Richardson | yes |
| Ricks | yes |
| Rutinel | yes |
| Rydin | yes |
| Sirota | yes |
| Slaugh | no |
| Smith | yes |
| Soper | no |
| Stewart K. | yes |
| Stewart R. | yes |
| Story | excused |
| Suckla | no |
| Taggart | yes |
| Titone | yes |
| Valdez | yes |
| Velasco | yes |
| Weinberg | no |
| Willford | yes |
| Winter T. | yes |
| Woodrow | yes |
| Woog | yes |
| Zokaie | yes |
| McCluskie | yes |
Adopt amendment L.001
May 6, 2026 · Senate · pass
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (1)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Janice Marchman | excused |
Refer House Bill 26-1345 to the Committee of the Whole.
April 23, 2026 · House · pass
yes: 13 · no: 0 · other: 0
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (13)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Jennifer Bacon | yes |
| Mary Bradfield | yes |
| Ava Flanell | yes |
| Lori Garcia Sander | yes |
| Lindsay Gilchrist | yes |
| Eliza Hamrick | yes |
| Anthony Hartsook | yes |
| Dusty Johnson | yes |
| Katie Stewart | yes |
| Tammy Story | yes |
| Yara Zokaie | yes |
| Matthew Martinez | yes |
| Meghan Lukens | yes |
Legislative history
- Introduced In House - Assigned to Education
- House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
- House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education
- Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
- Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- Signed by the Speaker of the House
- Signed by the President of the Senate
- Sent to the Governor
- Governor Signed
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