---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expand Transition Specialist Program"
description: "The act expands the community transition specialist program (program) by redefining \"high-risk individual\" to allow more individuals to access program services. The act also expands facilities that can access program services.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1130"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1130 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Chris Kolker", "Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Mary Bradfield"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-23T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/966940e5-5920-44bb-8bf4-b1f68f0a8caa"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1130"
source_hash: "fa68996e983f3d5b6a4edd42fa9c4948cfd619059be294a439cde82436916521"
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 21-1130 (2021A) — Expand Transition Specialist Program

The act expands the community transition specialist program (program) by redefining "high-risk individual" to allow more individuals to access program services. The act also expands facilities that can access program services.(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_hb1130_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1130_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1130_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1130_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1130_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1130_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1130_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1130_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **56–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Chris Kolker — primary (person)
- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Mary Bradfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/966940e5-5920-44bb-8bf4-b1f68f0a8caa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).