---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Direct-entry Midwives"
description: "The act implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies' sunset review and report on the registration of direct-entry midwives by:Continuing the registration requirements for 7 years, until September 1, 2028;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-101"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-101 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Williams", "Rhonda Fields", "Tammy Story", "Yadira Caraveo"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfd64666-0edd-4e82-b472-4cb9332388f9"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-101"
source_hash: "6f7c418b7347a9a5cde3a2c316183d75cf6ccded34cb4f4c84bd5aff10531b43"
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 21-101 (2021A) — Sunset Direct-entry Midwives

The act implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies' sunset review and report on the registration of direct-entry midwives by:Continuing the registration requirements for 7 years, until September 1, 2028;

## 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_sb101_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_101_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_101_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_101_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_101shhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_101app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_101_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_101_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_101_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_101_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dave Williams — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)
- Yadira Caraveo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfd64666-0edd-4e82-b472-4cb9332388f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).