---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove Junior From Certain College Names"
description: "The act changes the names of the following colleges:Trinidad state junior college to Trinidad state college; and"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-008"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-008 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleave Simpson", "Donald Valdez", "Richard Holtorf"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bf1bf8b-299f-46e3-87f2-6223342f90aa"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-008"
source_hash: "b87cece8e435d56e144b861cede0e875ac6b75b2f26952e3b6ff31308d1a275b"
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 SB 21-008 (2021A) — Remove Junior From Certain College Names

The act changes the names of the following colleges:Trinidad state junior college to Trinidad state college; and

## 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_sb008_h_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_008_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_008_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_008_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_008ed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_008_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_008_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_008_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_008_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **61–2** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **14–19** (fail) · upper
- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Donald Valdez — primary (person)
- Richard Holtorf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bf1bf8b-299f-46e3-87f2-6223342f90aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).