---
type: "Bill"
title: "Overpayment Of Workers' Compensation Benefits"
description: "The act defines \"overpayments\" of workers' compensation benefits as money received by a claimant that:Is a result of fraud;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1207"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1207 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adrienne Benavidez", "Lindsey Daugherty", "Pete Lee", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dfd5731-41e2-4a4e-aa65-89ca579f5cff"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1207"
source_hash: "b087b42c1da9978125cf7233351f0d0891973b0e6381147bd3e57fc7061596f7"
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 21-1207 (2021A) — Overpayment Of Workers' Compensation Benefits

The act defines "overpayments" of workers' compensation benefits as money received by a claimant that:Is a result of fraud;

## 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_hb1207_s_blt_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1207_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1207_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1207_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1207bus_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1207_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1207_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1207_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1207_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **41–22** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **39–24** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **48–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adrienne Benavidez — primary (person)
- Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+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
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `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 Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dfd5731-41e2-4a4e-aa65-89ca579f5cff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).