---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special District Meeting Requirements"
description: "The act clarifies what qualifies as a meeting and a location for purposes of the meeting of a board of a special district. The act also prohibits a challenge to the method of conducting any special district board meeting that was held virtually before the effective date of the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1278"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1278 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerry Sonnenberg", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/128f00d0-be8c-4e4f-b580-ced0e55286c9"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1278"
source_hash: "6e7065220d513c5822a993bd62495a6981621d677f8a74d5fd93c355fb3a0447"
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 21-1278 (2021A) — Special District Meeting Requirements

The act clarifies what qualifies as a meeting and a location for purposes of the meeting of a board of a special district. The act also prohibits a challenge to the method of conducting any special district board meeting that was held virtually before the effective date of the act.(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_hb1278_s_lg_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1278_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1278_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1278_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1278tlg_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1278sloc_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1278_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1278_rr2.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1278_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1278_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **48–15** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **52–12** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **32–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jerry Sonnenberg — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/128f00d0-be8c-4e4f-b580-ced0e55286c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).