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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Changes To Felony Murder"
+description: "Under current law, it is a class 1 felony as it pertains to first degree murder if a person commits or attempts to commit certain specified felonies and the death of a person, other than one of the participants, is caused by anyone during the crime. The act changes the current law by:Moving the crime from first degree murder to second degree murder and changing the penalty from a class 1 felony to a class 2 felony that is subject to crime of violence sentencing;"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2021A"
+identifier: "SB 21-124"
+citation: "Colorado SB 21-124 (2021A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mike Weissman", "Pete Lee"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-25T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1508a316-d239-43f8-ba4c-e7a68779b420"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-124"
+source_hash: "94e1348a3399ab91445770343e29295d741f629ce27bf72558047bd396e47a6a"
+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 21-124 (2021A) — Changes To Felony Murder
+
+Under current law, it is a class 1 felony as it pertains to first degree murder if a person commits or attempts to commit certain specified felonies and the death of a person, other than one of the participants, is caused by anyone during the crime. The act changes the current law by:Moving the crime from first degree murder to second degree murder and changing the penalty from a class 1 felony to a class 2 felony that is subject to crime of violence sentencing;
+
+## 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_sb124_h_jud_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (03/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_124_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (04/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_124_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (02/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_124_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (03/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_124sjud_01.pdf)
+6. **Reengrossed (03/31/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_124_ren.pdf)
+7. **Rerevised (04/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_124_rer.pdf)
+8. **Revised (04/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_124_rev.pdf)
+9. **Signed Act (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_124_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **38–27** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **22–13** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mike Weissman — primary (person)
+- Pete Lee — 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** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2021-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/29/2021 - No Amendments
+- **2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2021-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/1508a316-d239-43f8-ba4c-e7a68779b420`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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