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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Rights In Residential Lease Agreements"
+description: "The act addresses the following items related to landlord and tenant rights in residential rental agreements:After a complaint is filed by a landlord, the clerk of the court or the attorney for the plaintiff shall issue a summons, including information concerning filing an answer and legal aid. A court shall not enter a default writ of restitution before the close of business on the date upon which an appearance is due."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2021A"
+identifier: "SB 21-173"
+citation: "Colorado SB 21-173 (2021A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Julie Gonzales", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez", "Yadira Caraveo"]
+version_count: 12
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-06-25T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aebe1b4-bdf2-499e-9935-7d53dafb3fe9"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-173"
+source_hash: "9395deffbf6b7bbc65f0cd1680d7feb254455d0a2ce9400b48c484972e9d7d42"
+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 21-173 (2021A) — Rights In Residential Lease Agreements
+
+The act addresses the following items related to landlord and tenant rights in residential rental agreements:After a complaint is filed by a landlord, the clerk of the court or the attorney for the plaintiff shall issue a summons, including information concerning filing an answer and legal aid. A court shall not enter a default writ of restitution before the close of business on the date upon which an appearance is due.
+
+## 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_sb173_h_app_003.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (04/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_173_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (06/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_173_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (03/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_173_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (03/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_173ssta_01.pdf)
+6. **PA2 (04/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_173sstasapp.pdf)
+7. **PA3 (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_173bus_01.pdf)
+8. **PA4 (05/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_173app.pdf)
+9. **Reengrossed (04/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_173_ren.pdf)
+10. **Rerevised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_173_rer.pdf)
+11. **Revised (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_173_rev.pdf)
+12. **Signed Act (06/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_173_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **19–15** (pass) · upper
+- AMEND — **31–3** (pass) · upper
+- AMD — **23–40** (fail) · lower
+- REPASS — **20–14** (pass) · upper
+- COW * — **25–10** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **39–24** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR — **33–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
+- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
+- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)
+- Yadira Caraveo — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-06-25T06:00:00+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
+- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
+- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
+- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
+- **2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
+- **2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-05T07:00:00+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/0aebe1b4-bdf2-499e-9935-7d53dafb3fe9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+