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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibit Discrimination Organ Transplant Recipient"
+description: "The act prohibits a health-care provider, hospital, or other entity involved in making a decision regarding a person's eligibility to receive an anatomical gift, organ transplant, or any related treatment or services from discriminating against that person solely on the basis of a disability. The act authorizes an aggrieved person to commence a civil action for injunctive and equitable relief in the appropriate district court.The act also prohibits a health insurance carrier that provides coverage for an organ transplant from denying or limiting coverage to a covered person for an anatomical gift, organ transplant, or any related treatment or services due to a disability. The act clarifies that a health benefit plan is not required to include coverage for an organ transplant.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2021A"
+identifier: "HB 21-1169"
+citation: "Colorado HB 21-1169 (2021A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "David Ortiz", "Jessie Danielson", "Tonya Van Beber"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93ac478a-b9f1-47fd-9e77-5a4ba3e71978"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1169"
+source_hash: "9787bbe0067decd3cff7e1359728f7790a131f46719b3fc86bb8a4a771f44fbf"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
+---
+
+# Colorado HB 21-1169 (2021A) — Prohibit Discrimination Organ Transplant Recipient
+
+The act prohibits a health-care provider, hospital, or other entity involved in making a decision regarding a person's eligibility to receive an anatomical gift, organ transplant, or any related treatment or services from discriminating against that person solely on the basis of a disability. The act authorizes an aggrieved person to commence a civil action for injunctive and equitable relief in the appropriate district court.The act also prohibits a health insurance carrier that provides coverage for an organ transplant from denying or limiting coverage to a covered person for an anatomical gift, organ transplant, or any related treatment or services due to a disability. The act clarifies that a health benefit plan is not required to include coverage for an organ transplant.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1169_s_hhs_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (03/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1169_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (04/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1169_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (03/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1169_01.pdf)
+5. **Reengrossed (03/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1169_ren.pdf)
+6. **Rerevised (04/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1169_rer.pdf)
+7. **Revised (04/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1169_rev.pdf)
+8. **Signed Act (05/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1169_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **33–1** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **59–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
+- David Ortiz — primary (person)
+- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
+- Tonya Van Beber — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
+- **2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93ac478a-b9f1-47fd-9e77-5a4ba3e71978`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+