---
type: "Bill"
title: "Indian Tribes To Certify Own Foster Homes"
description: "Current law allows only a county department of human or social services or a child placement agency to certify foster homes. The act updates statute to allow for a federally recognized Indian tribe pursuant to applicable federal law to certify its own foster homes.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1151"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1151 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Don Coram", "Marc Catlin"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-15T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b613b762-af33-4354-be75-ae9126f6946c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1151"
source_hash: "e2760b8956ece393a88f185afd6a66990f79ff9de85f23647260e84eee424065"
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 21-1151 (2021A) — Indian Tribes To Certify Own Foster Homes

Current law allows only a county department of human or social services or a child placement agency to certify foster homes. The act updates statute to allow for a federally recognized Indian tribe pursuant to applicable federal law to certify its own foster homes.(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_hb1151_s_lg_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1151_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1151_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1151_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1151_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1151_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1151_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1151_signed.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-15T06:00:00+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
- **2021-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
- **2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T07:00:00+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/b613b762-af33-4354-be75-ae9126f6946c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).