---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limited Gaming Codify Executive Orders"
description: "By executive order, to allow for social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the governor:Suspended the operation of statutes prohibiting more than 7 players in the game of blackjack;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1296"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1296 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Dennis Hisey", "Mark Baisley", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0164c813-b0e9-49ed-a08c-aedaaabd627e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1296"
source_hash: "3037b85650c88597afbbbe3ea407e02d4d43d510d4ec76ca3391c807feb2767b"
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 21-1296 (2021A) — Limited Gaming Codify Executive Orders

By executive order, to allow for social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the governor:Suspended the operation of statutes prohibiting more than 7 players in the game of blackjack;

## 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_hb1296_s_lg_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1296_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1296_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1296_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1296bus_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (05/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1296_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1296_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1296_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1296_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
- Mark Baisley — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **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 - No Amendments
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+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/0164c813-b0e9-49ed-a08c-aedaaabd627e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).