---
type: "Bill"
title: "Former Inmates With Fire Service Experience"
description: "In general, current law provides that a felony conviction or other offense involving moral turpitude does not, in and of itself, prevent a person from applying for or obtaining public employment. The bill extends this to persons applying to positions within the wildland fire management section in the department of public safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-012"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-012 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "Kerry Donovan"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bc922d4-56da-4154-8c6a-6450c31906b6"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-012"
source_hash: "299a9806fea3ef43ba9b0a3a222715f30c56277ef056614fa597c3757dedc214"
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 21-012 (2021A) — Former Inmates With Fire Service Experience

In general, current law provides that a felony conviction or other offense involving moral turpitude does not, in and of itself, prevent a person from applying for or obtaining public employment. The bill extends this to persons applying to positions within the wildland fire management section in the department of public safety.

## 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_sb012_h_ene_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_012_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_012_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_012_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_012sagr_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_012_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_012_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/31/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_012_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_012_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **60–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`
- **2021-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bc922d4-56da-4154-8c6a-6450c31906b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).