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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Driver's History Profession Or Occupation Decision"
+description: "The act limits the conditions under which the appropriate regulatory authority in the department of revenue and the department of regulatory agencies may use a driver's history to make certain decisions about a license, permit, certification, or registration that is necessary to practice an occupation or profession or to operate a business. Felonies and misdemeanors are excluded from the meaning of \"driver's history\".The decisions that are limited by the act concern:Issuing, renewing, reinstating, or reactivating the license, permit, certification, or registration; and"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2021A"
+identifier: "SB 21-040"
+citation: "Colorado SB 21-040 (2021A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "Janice Rich", "Julie Gonzales", "Ray Scott"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cbb6389-e915-43ae-93f9-37d90095c634"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-040"
+source_hash: "2d218273473b20ebf45861d96f4b7bb71649fdc35723255b98a4e73ed5a5058e"
+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 21-040 (2021A) — Driver's History Profession Or Occupation Decision
+
+The act limits the conditions under which the appropriate regulatory authority in the department of revenue and the department of regulatory agencies may use a driver's history to make certain decisions about a license, permit, certification, or registration that is necessary to practice an occupation or profession or to operate a business. Felonies and misdemeanors are excluded from the meaning of "driver's history".The decisions that are limited by the act concern:Issuing, renewing, reinstating, or reactivating the license, permit, certification, or registration; and
+
+## 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_sb040_h_bus_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (03/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_040_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (04/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_040_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_040_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (03/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_040ssta_01.pdf)
+6. **Reengrossed (03/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_040_ren.pdf)
+7. **Rerevised (04/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_040_rer.pdf)
+8. **Revised (04/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_040_rev.pdf)
+9. **Signed Act (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_040_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **63–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
+- Janice Rich — primary (person)
+- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
+- Ray Scott — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
+- **2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
+- **2021-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
+- **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/2cbb6389-e915-43ae-93f9-37d90095c634`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+