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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Veterans Service Organization Stipend For Funeral Services"
+description: "The act requires the department of military and veterans affairs (department) to pay, subject to available money, a stipend of up to $75 to a veterans service organization for each time the organization performs a basic military funeral honors ceremony or other funeral-related services for an honorably discharged veteran. The act requires the department to create a process for veteran service organizations to apply for and receive a stipend.The act appropriates $30,930 from the general fund and provides for an additional 0.3 FTE to the department for the western slope veterans cemetery.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2021A"
+identifier: "SB 21-015"
+citation: "Colorado SB 21-015 (2021A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David Ortiz", "John Cooke", "Leroy Garcia", "Mike Lynch"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63452a08-5148-4e7d-af9b-00bf10ed532d"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-015"
+source_hash: "9d09a21433543f0b2f1355562a70b49811af0ef9f7ffc7f5782014963e8d22ab"
+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 SB 21-015 (2021A) — Veterans Service Organization Stipend For Funeral Services
+
+The act requires the department of military and veterans affairs (department) to pay, subject to available money, a stipend of up to $75 to a veterans service organization for each time the organization performs a basic military funeral honors ceremony or other funeral-related services for an honorably discharged veteran. The act requires the department to create a process for veteran service organizations to apply for and receive a stipend.The act appropriates $30,930 from the general fund and provides for an additional 0.3 FTE to the department for the western slope veterans cemetery.(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_sb015_h_app_002.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_015_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_015_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_015_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (04/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_015sapp_01.pdf)
+6. **Reengrossed (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_015_ren.pdf)
+7. **Rerevised (05/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_015_rer.pdf)
+8. **Revised (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_015_rev.pdf)
+9. **Signed Act (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_015_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **60–4** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **33–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David Ortiz — primary (person)
+- John Cooke — primary (person)
+- Leroy Garcia — primary (person)
+- Mike Lynch — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
+- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
+- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63452a08-5148-4e7d-af9b-00bf10ed532d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+