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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Restoration Of Honor Act"
+description: "The act establishes a \"discharged LGBT veteran\" status for the purposes of Colorado law. A person is a discharged LGBT veteran if the person was discharged from the armed services due to:The person's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression;"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2021A"
+identifier: "SB 21-026"
+citation: "Colorado SB 21-026 (2021A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David Ortiz", "Dominick Moreno"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c3c455a-0583-4ad5-a13f-59e583254db4"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-026"
+source_hash: "1b499f371841206502cb61a8beaef50113e3a57502456bb166743bbdceae7ecc"
+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 21-026 (2021A) — Restoration Of Honor Act
+
+The act establishes a "discharged LGBT veteran" status for the purposes of Colorado law. A person is a discharged LGBT veteran if the person was discharged from the armed services due to:The person's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression;
+
+## 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_sb026_h_sa_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (02/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_026_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (04/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_026_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_026_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (03/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_026sa_01.pdf)
+6. **Reengrossed (02/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_026_ren.pdf)
+7. **Rerevised (03/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_026_rr3.pdf)
+8. **Revised (03/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_026_rev.pdf)
+9. **Signed Act (04/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_026_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **47–16** (pass) · lower
+- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David Ortiz — primary (person)
+- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
+- **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 with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to `introduction`
+- **2021-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, 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/3c3c455a-0583-4ad5-a13f-59e583254db4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+