---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Authority To Register Businesses"
description: "A board of county commissioners is authorized to require the registration of businesses in the unincorporated portions of the county.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-070"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-070 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75af4189-9be8-4387-8f99-cdd37527047d"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-070"
source_hash: "3eaa1326ff8383409d8a948a084a25ae966d973882b18d5aa13b17110e5f3bb6"
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 21-070 (2021A) — County Authority To Register Businesses

A board of county commissioners is authorized to require the registration of businesses in the unincorporated portions of the county.(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_sb070_h_tlg_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_070_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_070_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_070_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_070_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_070_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_070_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_070_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75af4189-9be8-4387-8f99-cdd37527047d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).