---
type: "Bill"
title: "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day"
description: "The act designates March 30 as \"Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day\", a commemorative state holiday, and allows for appropriate observance by the public and in all public schools in tribute to the service and sacrifice of Vietnam veterans.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-024"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-024 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis", "Tom Sullivan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b410ccce-a425-4aca-b4c1-22a8139c42c3"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-024"
source_hash: "e33859741c169bd6d3b07ea2941c0c1fcccbf26b5749db2cf6d90cf7ef31e8ac"
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 21-024 (2021A) — Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day

The act designates March 30 as "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day", a commemorative state holiday, and allows for appropriate observance by the public and in all public schools in tribute to the service and sacrifice of Vietnam veterans.(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_sb024_h_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_024_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_024_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_024_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_024_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_024_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_024_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_024_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)
- Tom Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b410ccce-a425-4aca-b4c1-22a8139c42c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).