---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remote Participation In Party Committee Meetings"
description: "Through the end of 2021, the act allows members of a party central committee or vacancy committee to participate in a committee meeting remotely, including by casting the member's vote by e-mail, mail, telephone, or through an internet-based application if allowed by the party's rules.The act permits a state senate, state house of representatives, or county commissioner district committee to hold a meeting to address organizational or administrative matters separate from a meeting of the state or county central committee. A member of a district committee may participate in a separate meeting by remote means if such remote participation has been approved by the chair and vice-chair of the district committee.The act permits a state party central committee or state party executive committee to adopt party rules or bylaws to implement the bill's remote participation provisions. The act also permits a member of the state party central committee or state party executive committee considering such rules or bylaws to participate remotely in a meeting in which the rules or bylaws are being considered.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1001"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1001 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Holbert", "Daneya Esgar", "Hugh McKean", "Stephen Fenberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-01-20T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52ba5b82-c210-4b76-8b35-aa486de5fc85"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1001"
source_hash: "0f73235f8e964eb4d0e0d48f1237134f477524e164bf86cd8a1e35c71a96bd9a"
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 HB 21-1001 (2021A) — Remote Participation In Party Committee Meetings

Through the end of 2021, the act allows members of a party central committee or vacancy committee to participate in a committee meeting remotely, including by casting the member's vote by e-mail, mail, telephone, or through an internet-based application if allowed by the party's rules.The act permits a state senate, state house of representatives, or county commissioner district committee to hold a meeting to address organizational or administrative matters separate from a meeting of the state or county central committee. A member of a district committee may participate in a separate meeting by remote means if such remote participation has been approved by the chair and vice-chair of the district committee.The act permits a state party central committee or state party executive committee to adopt party rules or bylaws to implement the bill's remote participation provisions. The act also permits a member of the state party central committee or state party executive committee considering such rules or bylaws to participate remotely in a meeting in which the rules or bylaws are being considered.(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_hb1001_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1001_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (01/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1001_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1001_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (01/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1001_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (01/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1001_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (01/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1001_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (01/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1001_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **61–1** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **58–4** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **59–4** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Holbert — primary (person)
- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Hugh McKean — primary (person)
- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-15T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-01-15T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-01-15T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-01-15T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Adherence - Result was to Adhere
- **2021-01-15T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-01-15T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2021-01-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-14T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2021-01-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52ba5b82-c210-4b76-8b35-aa486de5fc85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).