HJR 1028 Colorado House · 2026 Regular Session

Full and Fair Funding of Public Schools

HJR 1028 is a joint resolution that declares the Colorado House of Representatives' intent to honor a $2 million investment in school funding studies by creating a multi-year plan to address their findings. The bill directs the legislature to review the recommendations from two recent studies, which found that current school funding levels are inadequate and teacher salaries are too low, and to decide which study's methodology to follow for implementation. It requires the development of a structured plan that includes revenue triggers to phase in changes aimed at improving school funding equity and teacher compensation.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2026

Committee Review

House Passage

Jun 2026

Senate Passage

Jun 2026

Governor

Introduced Apr 13, 2026 Last action Jun 3, 2026

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What changed between versions

Revised → Signed Act · 4 edits · Jun 3, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was transitioned from a draft revision to a signed act, changing its status from a proposal to official law. The text was reorganized to consolidate sponsor lists and remove internal legislative tracking marks like page numbers and reading dates. Substantively, the core policy language regarding school funding recommendations remains unchanged, but the document now carries the authority of the General Assembly.

Scope change

The scope of applicability remains unchanged as the bill is a joint resolution expressing legislative intent rather than a statute with direct regulatory effect.

TECHNICAL

Removed internal legislative metadata including session headers, committee assignment lines, and page numbers to finalize the text for publication.

Consolidated the list of sponsors into a single paragraph and corrected the formatting of the 'Final Reading' dates and locations.

Reordered the 'Whereas' clauses to group related funding and study findings together for better readability, though the substantive content of the clauses was not altered.

Added a final clause directing copies of the resolution to be sent to specific state officials, including the Governor and House/Senate leaders.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jun 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

Signed by the President of the Senate

upper

Jun 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Signed by the Speaker of the House

lower

May 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

upper

May 8, 2026

Introduced

Introduced In Senate - Assigned to

upper

May 8, 2026

Lower · Passed

House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

lower

Apr 13, 2026

Introduced

Introduced In House - Assigned to

lower

3 primary · 49 co-sponsors