---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Uniform Electronic Wills Act"
description: "The act enacts the \"Colorado Uniform Electronic Wills Act\", which declares that an electronic will is a will for all purposes of Colorado law. The act specifies the requirements for:Executing and revoking an electronic will;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1004"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1004 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Marc Snyder", "Matt Soper", "Pete Lee"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-01-21T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a35f81f-7cd3-4606-84d2-fb3b59e1ab50"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1004"
source_hash: "46bff20a0a0fcc1627c64d4ba3f85e99b57c8eb1fde1efcdf60f81be53ef5ccd"
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 21-1004 (2021A) — Colorado Uniform Electronic Wills Act

The act enacts the "Colorado Uniform Electronic Wills Act", which declares that an electronic will is a will for all purposes of Colorado law. The act specifies the requirements for:Executing and revoking an electronic will;

## 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_hb1004_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1004_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (01/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1004_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1004_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (01/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1004_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (01/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1004_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (01/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1004_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (01/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1004_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Marc Snyder — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21T07:00:00+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** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **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 Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a35f81f-7cd3-4606-84d2-fb3b59e1ab50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).