---
type: "Bill"
title: "Simplifying Requirements For New Birth Certificate"
description: "The act aligns the requirements for a minor to obtain a new birth certificate from the state registrar and a new driver's license or identification card from the department of revenue with the requirements for an adult. A minor must also obtain a statement from a medical or mental health professional confirming that the minor's sex designation does not align with the minor's gender identity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-166"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-166 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daneya Esgar", "Dominick Moreno"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-13T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4b4a499-8c61-43d2-9554-aff40ea05228"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-166"
source_hash: "b04aece5c1e7168a379bb195939af11a3933bbedacb14978b5fa61ed9081654a"
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 20-166 (2020A) — Simplifying Requirements For New Birth Certificate

The act aligns the requirements for a minor to obtain a new birth certificate from the state registrar and a new driver's license or identification card from the department of revenue with the requirements for an adult. A minor must also obtain a statement from a medical or mental health professional confirming that the minor's sex designation does not align with the minor's gender identity.

## 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/2020a_sb166_h_phc_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_166_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_166_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_166_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_166shhs_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_166_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (06/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_166_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_166_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (07/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_166_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **23–10** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **41–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-07-13T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 06/04/2020 - No Amendments
- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`
- **2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4b4a499-8c61-43d2-9554-aff40ea05228`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).