ColoradoColorado law covers foreign credentials in an occupational licensing route
When effective, Colorado law provides a route for qualified people with occupational credentials from another country to apply for the matching state credential.
What it does
People with occupational credentials from another country are covered by a route to the matching Colorado credential. They must apply and meet all the law's conditions.
Argument forQualified workers with credentials from another country may have a way to receive the matching Colorado credential.
Argument againstApplicants may have trouble qualifying if they cannot meet all the requirements for receiving the matching Colorado credential.
More detail
The law provides a route to receive a Colorado occupational credential. It covers people in good standing with a license, certificate, registration, or enrollment from another state, a U.S. territory, another country, or the federal government, and people with a military occupational specialty. Applicants must apply for the matching Colorado credential and meet all the listed conditions; those conditions are not included in these passages. The law applies to applications for licensure by endorsement, certification, or registration filed on or after its effective date. If no referendum petition is filed, the stated date is August 12, 2026, assuming final adjournment on May 13, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 4Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- Jun 3Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- Jun 3Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- Jun 3Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- May 12Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- May 11Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military AffairsMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1431 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Upper
- May 11Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- May 11Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- May 9House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- May 8House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- May 7House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- May 6House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1431, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.002. Result: pass.Lower
- May 5Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & LaborIntroduced
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