---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gender Identity Expression Anti-discrimination"
description: "The act adds the terms \"gender expression\" and \"gender identity\" to statutes prohibiting discrimination against members of a protected class, including statutes prohibiting discriminatory practices in the following areas:Membership of the Colorado civil rights commission;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1108"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1108 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daneya Esgar", "Dominick Moreno"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88859444-5b66-4ffb-ae35-e117dca9004e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1108"
source_hash: "810bb373fe7ef40293c8d0c034f99b0c332247adf36e598373208cea768e77c0"
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 21-1108 (2021A) — Gender Identity Expression Anti-discrimination

The act adds the terms "gender expression" and "gender identity" to statutes prohibiting discrimination against members of a protected class, including statutes prohibiting discriminatory practices in the following areas:Membership of the Colorado civil rights commission;

## 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_hb1108_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/31/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1108_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1108_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1108_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1108jud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1108_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1108_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1108_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1108_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **23–40** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **23–40** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **23–40** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **41–22** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **23–39** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **23–40** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/31/2021 - No Amendments
- **2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/88859444-5b66-4ffb-ae35-e117dca9004e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).