---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funding For Broadband Deployment"
description: "Section 1 of the act declares the general assembly's intent to spend a portion of the money received by the state under the federal \"American Rescue Plan Act\" for broadband infrastructure and telehealth capabilities.Sections 2 and 3 extend the grant award distribution and reporting dates for the connecting Colorado students grant program.Section 6 requires the office of information technology (office) to:Enter into an agreement with a third-party vendor to develop and implement a strategic plan to expand and improve digital access to government services through the use of broadband;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1289"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1289 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kennedy", "Jeff Bridges", "Kevin Priola", "Mark Baisley"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66158d38-4cf4-48ae-ad47-0cef6beb3c0f"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1289"
source_hash: "0736952d2118472d17dbb8d238781c9fe866b3a749f2fc945ee0f9cee10b43af"
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 21-1289 (2021A) — Funding For Broadband Deployment

Section 1 of the act declares the general assembly's intent to spend a portion of the money received by the state under the federal "American Rescue Plan Act" for broadband infrastructure and telehealth capabilities.Sections 2 and 3 extend the grant award distribution and reporting dates for the connecting Colorado students grant program.Section 6 requires the office of information technology (office) to:Enter into an agreement with a third-party vendor to develop and implement a strategic plan to expand and improve digital access to government services through the use of broadband;

## 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_hb1289_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1289_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1289_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1289_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1289tlg_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1289sapp_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1289_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1289_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1289_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1289_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **49–13** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **53–12** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **54–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Mark Baisley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-28T06:00:00+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
- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+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/66158d38-4cf4-48ae-ad47-0cef6beb3c0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).