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SB23-202

Wearing Of Native American Traditional Regalia

Concerning the wearing of traditional Native American regalia at graduation ceremonies.

Session:

2023 Regular Session

Subject:

Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

Bill Summary

The act requires a public school or school district to allow a qualified student to wear and display traditional Native American regalia at a school graduation ceremony and applies to pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, primary school, and secondary school graduation ceremonies.

The act requires public colleges and universities to allow a qualified student to wear and display traditional Native American regalia at a college graduation ceremony.

APPROVED by Governor May 4, 2023

EFFECTIVE May 4, 2023
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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Status

Introduced

Passed

Became Law

Bill Text

All Versions (7 )

Date	Bill Type	Documents
05/04/2023	Signed Act	PDF
05/03/2023	Final Act	PDF
04/26/2023	Rerevised	PDF
04/25/2023	Revised	PDF
04/10/2023	Reengrossed	PDF
04/06/2023	Engrossed	PDF
03/20/2023	Introduced	PDF

Preamended Versions (2 )

Date	Bill Type	Documents
04/24/2023	PA2	PDF
04/04/2023	PA1	PDF

Budget Documents

Fiscal Notes (2)

Date	Version	Documents
05/23/2023	FN2	PDF
03/22/2023	FN1	PDF

Committee Actions

04/20/2023 | House Education (2 )

Committee Report Hearing Summary

Activity	Vote	Documents
Adopt amendment L.002	The motion passed without objection.	Vote Summary
Refer Senate Bill 23-202, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.	The motion passed on a vote of 10-0.	Vote Summary

04/03/2023 | Senate Education (2 )

Committee Report Hearing Summary

Activity	Vote	Documents
Adopt amendment L.001	The motion passed without objection.	Vote Summary
Refer Senate Bill 23-202, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.	The motion passed on a vote of 4-3.	Vote Summary

Votes

Senate Votes (3)

Date	Action	Motion	Vote	Vote Document
04/27/2023	House Amendments	CONCUR	Aye: 35 No: 0 Other: 0	View
04/27/2023	House Amendments	REPASS	Aye: 26 No: 9 Other: 0	View
04/10/2023	Third Reading	BILL	Aye: 27 No: 8 Other: 0	View

House Votes (1)

Date	Action	Motion	Vote	Vote Document
04/26/2023	Third Reading	BILL	Aye: 65 No: 0 Other: 0	View

Amendments

Date	Amendment Number	Committee/Floor Hearing	Status	Documents
04/20/2023	L.002	HOU Education	Passed*	PDF
04/03/2023	L.001	SEN Education	Passed*	PDF

* Amendments passed in committee are not incorporated into the measure unless adopted by the full House or Senate.

Bill History

Date	Location	Action
05/04/2023	Governor	Governor Signed
05/03/2023	Governor	Sent to the Governor
05/03/2023	House	Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/03/2023	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
04/27/2023	Senate	Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/26/2023	House	House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/25/2023	House	House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
04/24/2023	House	House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
04/20/2023	House	House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
04/10/2023	House	Introduced In House - Assigned to Education
04/10/2023	Senate	Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/06/2023	Senate	Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
04/03/2023	Senate	Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/20/2023	Senate	Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education

Sponsors

Sponsor Type	Legislators
Prime Sponsor	Sen. J. Danielson, Sen. S. Jaquez Lewis Rep. B. McLachlan, Rep. E. Velasco
Sponsor
Co-sponsor	Sen. J. Buckner, Sen. J. Coleman, Sen. L. Cutter, Sen. T. Exum, Sen. R. Fields, Sen. J. Ginal, Sen. J. Gonzales, Sen. C. Hansen, Sen. N. Hinrichsen, Sen. C. Kolker, Sen. J. Marchman, Sen. D. Moreno, Sen. K. Mullica, Sen. K. Priola, Sen. D. Roberts, Sen. R. Rodriguez, Sen. T. Sullivan, Sen. P. Will, Sen. F. Winter Rep. J. Amabile, Rep. J. Bacon, Rep. S. Bird, Rep. A. Boesenecker, Rep. K. Brown, Rep. R. Dickson, Rep. M. Duran, Rep. R. English, Rep. E. Epps, Rep. M. Froelich, Rep. L. Garcia, Rep. S. Gonzales-Gutierrez, Rep. E. Hamrick, Rep. L. Herod, Rep. I. Jodeh, Rep. J. Joseph, Rep. C. Kipp, Rep. S. Lieder, Rep. M. Lindsay, Rep. W. Lindstedt, Rep. M. Lukens, Rep. M. Lynch, Rep. J. Mabrey, Rep. M. Martinez, Rep. J. McCluskie, Rep. D. Michaelson Jenet, Rep. D. Ortiz, Rep. N. Ricks, Rep. S. Sharbini, Rep. E. Sirota, Rep. M. Snyder, Rep. T. Story, Rep. B. Titone, Rep. A. Valdez, Rep. S. Vigil, Rep. R. Weinberg, Rep. M. Weissman, Rep. J. Willford, Rep. S. Woodrow, Rep. M. Young, Rep. C. deGruy Kennedy

Session Laws

Effective Date	Chapter #	Title	Documents
05/04/2023	149	Wearing Of Native American Traditional Regalia	2023a_sl_149.pdf

Wearing Of Native American Traditional Regalia

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Preamended Versions (2 )

Budget Documents

Fiscal Notes (2)

Committee Actions

04/20/2023 | House Education (2 )

04/03/2023 | Senate Education (2 )

Votes

Senate Votes (3)

House Votes (1)

Amendments

Bill History

Sponsors

Session Laws

Colorado General Assembly

Jessie Danielson

Sonya Jaquez Lewis

Barbara McLachlan

Elizabeth Velasco

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