ColoradoLaw exempts Pilates and barre teacher training from school regulation
Colorado law provides an exemption for Pilates and barre teacher training from private job-training school rules, with voter approval required if a referendum petition blocks it.
What it does
The law provides an exemption for Pilates and barre teacher training from private job-training school rules. It takes effect after a waiting period unless a referendum petition requires voter approval.
Argument forThe exemption could make it easier for Pilates and barre training providers to offer courses without meeting private job-training school requirements.
Argument againstStudents could have less state oversight of their training providers because these courses and schools are exempt from private job-training school rules.
More detail
The law provides an exemption from Colorado’s rules for private job-training schools. The exemption covers Pilates and barre teacher training courses, programs, and schools. A referendum petition filed within the 90-day waiting period blocks the challenged provisions unless voters approve them at the November 2026 general election. The law takes effect at 12:01 a.m. the day after the 90-day period following final adjournment: August 12, 2026, if adjournment was May 13. Challenged provisions take effect when the governor officially declares an approving vote.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 28Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- May 21Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- May 21Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- May 21Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- May 11House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- May 9House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- May 8House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- May 6House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-173 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 30Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 30Introduced In House - Assigned to EducationMinor
- Apr 29Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 27Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-173 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 21Introduced In Senate - Assigned to EducationIntroduced
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