---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Justice Code Reorganization"
description: "The act makes conforming amendments and includes a cleanup of the main definition section for title 19, Colorado Revised Statutes, to reflect changes made through the reorganization of article 2 of title 19, Colorado Revised Statutes.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-059"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-059 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Pete Lee", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez", "Tim Geitner"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecce7ff4-820c-4042-8260-67653b36d7a1"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-059"
source_hash: "3c8c75649f0b7ad61c2a881af3ce856c9f660f0e522c7dce487b2197ff233123"
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 21-059 (2021A) — Juvenile Justice Code Reorganization

The act makes conforming amendments and includes a cleanup of the main definition section for title 19, Colorado Revised Statutes, to reflect changes made through the reorganization of article 2 of title 19, Colorado Revised Statutes.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## 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_sb059_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_059_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_059_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_059_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_059sjud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_059jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_059_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_059_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_059_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_059_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **64–1** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)
- Tim Geitner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **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 with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+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/ecce7ff4-820c-4042-8260-67653b36d7a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).