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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Appropriate Use Of Chemical Restraints On A Person"
+description: "When a peace officer is present at the scene of an emergency, an emergency medical service provider (EMS provider) authorized to administer ketamine in a prehospital setting shall only administer ketamine if the EMS provider has:Weighed the individual to ensure accurate dosage or estimated the individual's weight with the agreement of at least 2 personnel trained in weight assessment if the EMS provider is unable to weigh the individual;"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2021A"
+identifier: "HB 21-1251"
+citation: "Colorado HB 21-1251 (2021A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Leslie Herod", "Rhonda Fields", "Yadira Caraveo"]
+version_count: 11
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 17
+first_action: "2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0fa3683-dcc8-49f9-914b-a514bab35c2e"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1251"
+source_hash: "4675076c3ff67181fd294683890e2479444dfb546e01a980743e53056a59ff93"
+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 21-1251 (2021A) — Appropriate Use Of Chemical Restraints On A Person
+
+When a peace officer is present at the scene of an emergency, an emergency medical service provider (EMS provider) authorized to administer ketamine in a prehospital setting shall only administer ketamine if the EMS provider has:Weighed the individual to ensure accurate dosage or estimated the individual's weight with the agreement of at least 2 personnel trained in weight assessment if the EMS provider is unable to weigh the individual;
+
+## 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_hb1251_s_app_002.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (05/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1251_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (06/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1251_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (03/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1251_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (04/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1251jud_01.pdf)
+6. **PA2 (05/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1251sjud_01.pdf)
+7. **PA3 (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1251sjudapp.pdf)
+8. **Reengrossed (05/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1251_ren.pdf)
+9. **Rerevised (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1251_rer.pdf)
+10. **Revised (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1251_rev.pdf)
+11. **Signed Act (07/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1251_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AMD — **22–38** (fail) · lower
+- REPASS — **21–13** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · upper
+- AMD — **24–36** (fail) · lower
+- AMD — **23–37** (fail) · lower
+- NOT CNCR — **40–24** (pass) · lower
+- ADOPT — **42–23** (pass) · lower
+- ADOPT CCR — **21–13** (pass) · upper
+- AMD — **22–38** (fail) · lower
+- AMD — **23–37** (fail) · lower
+- AMD — **23–37** (fail) · lower
+- COW * — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- REPASS — **21–13** (pass) · upper
+- AMD — **23–37** (fail) · lower
+- REPASS — **20–15** (pass) · upper
+- REPASS — **40–25** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **37–25** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
+- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
+- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
+- Yadira Caraveo — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
+- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
+- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
+- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
+- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
+- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2021-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 05/05/2021 - No Amendments
+- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0fa3683-dcc8-49f9-914b-a514bab35c2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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