---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assistance For Victims Of Strangulation"
description: "A crime victim is entitled to compensation under the \"Colorado Crime Victim Compensation Act\" if, in part, the victim cooperates with law enforcement officials. The act clarifies that a victim of strangulation satisfies the cooperation requirement by undergoing a medical forensic examination.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1165"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1165 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Monica Duran", "Pete Lee", "Terri Carver"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0d80a2b-5cc8-4d04-bdbd-336622dbc74e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1165"
source_hash: "3169f55a8bf54f47a2d274d5355ba06a482f046124f7cd14e9f1e55b5bd247c6"
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 21-1165 (2021A) — Assistance For Victims Of Strangulation

A crime victim is entitled to compensation under the "Colorado Crime Victim Compensation Act" if, in part, the victim cooperates with law enforcement officials. The act clarifies that a victim of strangulation satisfies the cooperation requirement by undergoing a medical forensic examination.(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_hb1165_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1165_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1165_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1165_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1165sjud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1165_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1165_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1165_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1165_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **62–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T07:00:00+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/e0d80a2b-5cc8-4d04-bdbd-336622dbc74e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).