---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurer Agent Branded Vehicle Title"
description: "Under Colorado law, an insurer who has declared a vehicle a total loss may obtain a salvage or nonrepairable title for the vehicle when the owner has failed to cooperate. The act authorizes an agent of an insurer to do the same.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1291"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1291 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Kevin Priola", "Kevin Van Winkle", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-22T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8529206-f6fe-4d6c-b888-46aa98790d58"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1291"
source_hash: "487e1622e5abcdfc23c5e0a2f9595ce18b39bf8a9eae42b498f17e7225fa0f70"
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 21-1291 (2021A) — Insurer Agent Branded Vehicle Title

Under Colorado law, an insurer who has declared a vehicle a total loss may obtain a salvage or nonrepairable title for the vehicle when the owner has failed to cooperate. The act authorizes an agent of an insurer to do the same.(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_hb1291_s_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1291_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1291_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1291_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1291tlg_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1291_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1291_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1291_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1291_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **60–3** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `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`
- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T06:00:00+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/d8529206-f6fe-4d6c-b888-46aa98790d58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).