Colorado 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 1 D · 1 R cosponsors

SB 23-094 — School Transportation Task Force

Last action — Governor Signed

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 30, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jared Polis (Democratic) on May 16, 2023.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 94% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    4 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (1 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

The act creates the Colorado school transportation modernization task force (task force) in the department of education (department) to create a report containing findings and recommendations to improve school transportation services for students. The department is required to provide relevant data to the task force to inform its duties. The report must be publicly published and submitted to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives, the board of education, and the governor by December 1, 2024. The act specifies task force membership, including the commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee, and members appointed by the commissioner. For the 2023-24 budget year, $95,313 is appropriated from the general fund to the department to implement the act. APPROVED by Governor May 16, 2023 EFFECTIVE May 16, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

24 added · 18 removed

Plain-language change summary

The revised bill maintains the focus on creating a task force to report on measures to improve school transportation and includes a provision for making an appropriation. There is no change in the core language regarding the task force or its purpose from the previous version. No deletions or substantial changes have affected the essence of the legislation.

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First Regular Session Seventy-fourth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO ENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted on Second Reading in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
First Regular Session Seventy-fourth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
23-0764.01 Jacob Baus x2173 SENATE BILL 23-094 SENATE SPONSORSHIP Lundeen and Zenzinger, HOUSE SPONSORSHIP (None), Senate Committees House Committees Education Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING THE CREATION OF A TASK FORCE TO REPORT ON MEASURES TO IMPROVE SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION , AND , IN CONNECTION THEREWITH , MAKING AN APPROPRIATION .
23-0764.01 Jacob Baus x2173 SENATE BILL 23-094 SENATE SPONSORSHIP Lundeen and Zenzinger, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Cutter, Exum, Ginal, Kirkmeyer, Pelton B., Priola, Simpson, Sullivan, Will, Winter F.
Bill Summary (Note:
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Wilson and Lukens, Senate Committees House Committees Education Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING THE CREATION OF A TASK FORCE TO REPORT ON MEASURES TO IMPROVE SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION , AND , IN CONNECTION THEREWITH ,MAKING AN APPROPRIATION .
This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does notreflectanyamendmentsthatmaybesubsequentlyadopted.Ifthisbill passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at http://leg.colorado.gov.) The bill creates a Colorado school transportation modernization task force (task force) to create a report containing findings and recommendations to improve public school transportation services for g students.
Bill Summary e (Note:
d e 0 The task force specifies task force membership, including the T R , A 2 1 Shading denotes HOUSE amendment.
This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does n 3 notreflectanyamendmentsthatmaybesubsequentlyadopted.Ifthisbill m 0 T n , passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that A U 1 applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at E i h S a a http://leg.colorado.gov.) R M r The bill creates a Colorado school transportation modernization 3 task force (task force) to create a report containing findings and recommendations to improve public school transportation services for g i students.
a 2 The task force specifies task force membership, including the E R 2 A n 4 N 2 1 Shading denotes HOUSE amendment.
E d c Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
S e r Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.n a Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Governor Signed

  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House

  3. Sent to the Governor

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate

  5. Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass

  6. Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily

  7. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  8. House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

  9. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor

  10. House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole

  11. House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations

  12. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  13. Introduced In House - Assigned to Education

  14. Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor

  15. Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole

  16. Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations

  17. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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4 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 97 not signed on · 6 voted No

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (97)

97 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

REPASS

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 5000
Democrat 13000
Unaffiliated 17000
Total 35000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Buckner — Yea
Fields — Yea
Gardner — Yea
Ginal — Yea
Hansen — Yea
Lundeen — Yea
Moreno — Yea
Pelton B. — Yea
Pelton R. — Yea
Priola — Yea
Smallwood — Yea
Will — Yea
Zenzinger — Yea
President — Yea
Jaquez Lewis — Yea
Van Winkle — Yea
Winter F. — Yea
Chris Kolker Democrat Yea
Dylan Roberts Democrat Yea
James Coleman Democrat Yea
Janice Marchman Democrat Yea
Jeff Bridges Democrat Yea
Jessie Danielson Democrat Yea
Julie Gonzales Democrat Yea
Kyle Mullica Democrat Yea
Lisa Cutter Democrat Yea
Nick Hinrichsen Democrat Yea
Robert Rodriguez Democrat Yea
Tom Sullivan Democrat Yea
Tony Exum Democrat Yea
Barbara Kirkmeyer Republican Yea
Cleave Simpson Republican Yea
Janice Rich Republican Yea
Larry Liston Republican Yea
Mark Baisley Republican Yea

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CONCUR

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 5000
Democrat 13000
Unaffiliated 17000
Total 35000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Buckner — Yea
Fields — Yea
Gardner — Yea
Ginal — Yea
Hansen — Yea
Lundeen — Yea
Moreno — Yea
Pelton B. — Yea
Pelton R. — Yea
Priola — Yea
Smallwood — Yea
Will — Yea
Zenzinger — Yea
President — Yea
Jaquez Lewis — Yea
Van Winkle — Yea
Winter F. — Yea
Chris Kolker Democrat Yea
Dylan Roberts Democrat Yea
James Coleman Democrat Yea
Janice Marchman Democrat Yea
Jeff Bridges Democrat Yea
Jessie Danielson Democrat Yea
Julie Gonzales Democrat Yea
Kyle Mullica Democrat Yea
Lisa Cutter Democrat Yea
Nick Hinrichsen Democrat Yea
Robert Rodriguez Democrat Yea
Tom Sullivan Democrat Yea
Tony Exum Democrat Yea
Barbara Kirkmeyer Republican Yea
Cleave Simpson Republican Yea
Janice Rich Republican Yea
Larry Liston Republican Yea
Mark Baisley Republican Yea

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BILL

Passed 52 Yea · 8 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 28203
Unaffiliated 15302
Republican 9300
Total 52805
% of votes cast 80%12%0%8%
How each member voted (65)
Member Party Vote
Armagost — Yea
Bird — Yea
Bockenfeld — Yea
Dickson — Yea
Epps — Nay
Evans — Yea
Gonzales-Gutierrez — Yea
Herod — Not Voting
Holtorf — Yea
Lynch — Yea
McLachlan — Yea
Ortiz — Not Voting
Parenti — Yea
Pugliese — Yea
Sharbini — Yea
Vigil — Nay
Winter T. — Yea
Young — Yea
Michaelson Jenet — Yea
deGruy Kennedy — Nay
Alex Valdez Democrat Yea
Andrew Boesenecker Democrat Yea
Bob Marshall Democrat Yea
Brianna Titone Democrat Yea
Cathy Kipp Democrat Yea
Eliza Hamrick Democrat Yea
Elizabeth Velasco Democrat Yea
Emily Sirota Democrat Nay
Iman Jodeh Democrat Not Voting
Javier Mabrey Democrat Yea
Jennifer Bacon Democrat Yea
Jenny Willford Democrat Yea
Judy Amabile Democrat Yea
Julie McCluskie Democrat Yea
Junie Joseph Democrat Yea
Karen McCormick Democrat Yea
Kyle Brown Democrat Yea
Lindsey Daugherty Democrat Yea
Lorena Garcia Democrat Yea
Mandy Lindsay Democrat Yea
Marc Snyder Democrat Yea
Matthew Martinez Democrat Yea
Meg Froelich Democrat Yea
Meghan Lukens Democrat Yea
Mike Weissman Democrat Yea
Monica Duran Democrat Yea
Naquetta Ricks Democrat Not Voting
Regina English Democrat Not Voting
Sheila Lieder Democrat Yea
Steven Woodrow Democrat Yea
Tammy Story Democrat Nay
Tisha Mauro Democrat Yea
William Lindstedt Democrat Yea
Anthony Hartsook Republican Yea
Brandi Bradley Republican Yea
Ken DeGraaf Republican Nay
Lisa Frizell Republican Yea
Lynda Zamora Wilson Republican Yea
Marc Catlin Republican Yea
Mary Bradfield Republican Yea
Matt Soper Republican Yea
Rick Taggart Republican Yea
Ron Weinberg Republican Yea
Scott Bottoms Republican Nay
Stephanie Luck Republican Nay

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BILL

Passed 33 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 5000
Democrat 13000
Unaffiliated 15101
Total 33101
% of votes cast 94%3%0%3%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Buckner — Yea
Fields — Yea
Gardner — Yea
Ginal — Yea
Hansen — Not Voting
Lundeen — Yea
Moreno — Yea
Pelton B. — Yea
Pelton R. — Yea
Priola — Yea
Smallwood — Nay
Will — Yea
Zenzinger — Yea
Fenberg — Yea
Jaquez Lewis — Yea
Van Winkle — Yea
Winter F. — Yea
Chris Kolker Democrat Yea
Dylan Roberts Democrat Yea
James Coleman Democrat Yea
Janice Marchman Democrat Yea
Jeff Bridges Democrat Yea
Jessie Danielson Democrat Yea
Julie Gonzales Democrat Yea
Kyle Mullica Democrat Yea
Lisa Cutter Democrat Yea
Nick Hinrichsen Democrat Yea
Robert Rodriguez Democrat Yea
Tom Sullivan Democrat Yea
Tony Exum Democrat Yea
Barbara Kirkmeyer Republican Yea
Cleave Simpson Republican Yea
Janice Rich Republican Yea
Larry Liston Republican Yea
Mark Baisley Republican Yea

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Subjects

transportation education
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 23-094 do?
The act creates the Colorado school transportation modernization task force (task force) in the department of education (department) to create a report containing findings and recommendations to improve school transportation services for students. The department is required to provide relevant data to the task force to inform its duties. The report must be publicly published and submitted to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives, the board of education, and the governor by December 1, 2024. The act specifies task force membership, including the commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee, and members appointed by the commissioner. For the 2023-24 budget year, $95,313 is appropriated from the general fund to the department to implement the act. APPROVED by Governor May 16, 2023 EFFECTIVE May 16, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Who sponsors SB 23-094?
SB 23-094 is sponsored by Meghan Lukens (Democrat), Rachel Zenzinger, Paul Lundeen, and Lynda Zamora Wilson (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 23-094?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 30, 2023. Enacted.
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