---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing Public Benefit Verification Requirement"
description: "The act creates, unless otherwise required by federal law, a public or assisted housing benefit exception to the requirement that an applicant for federal, state, or local public benefits verify lawful presence in the United States.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1054"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1054 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominique Jackson", "Julie Gonzales"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e111f839-6c13-4731-ac97-d50c95b8cd58"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1054"
source_hash: "168482e49c91f2ce201d55ffff80f9093927ca9f21113d7522f22adb8f4b5776"
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 21-1054 (2021A) — Housing Public Benefit Verification Requirement

The act creates, unless otherwise required by federal law, a public or assisted housing benefit exception to the requirement that an applicant for federal, state, or local public benefits verify lawful presence in the United States.(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_hb1054_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1054_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1054_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1054_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1054sa_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1054_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1054_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1054_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1054_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **41–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dominique Jackson — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+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/e111f839-6c13-4731-ac97-d50c95b8cd58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).