---
type: "Bill"
title: "Diversity Of Governor's Appointments To Boards"
description: "The act requires the governor to make reasonable efforts to appoint members of diverse groups to statewide boards, commissions, committees, and task forces authorized by the general assembly.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1212"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1212 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daneya Esgar", "Don Coram", "Matt Soper", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/998dfc14-99e8-416f-bf55-b49183de31c1"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1212"
source_hash: "a9d660964f29b4c0da036c8c905e1ff246a217257cfcd259fa4d1d40c464eea0"
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 21-1212 (2021A) — Diversity Of Governor's Appointments To Boards

The act requires the governor to make reasonable efforts to appoint members of diverse groups to statewide boards, commissions, committees, and task forces authorized by the general assembly.(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_hb1212_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1212_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1212_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1212_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1212sa_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1212_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1212_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1212_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1212_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **44–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **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 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/998dfc14-99e8-416f-bf55-b49183de31c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).