---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Corrections Offender Identification Assistance Program"
description: "The act requires the department of corrections (department) to operate a program to assist offenders with acquiring state-issued identification cards and other identification documents necessary for offenders to obtain state-issued identification. The department can enter into agreements with the Colorado department of revenue and federal social security administration as necessary to operate the program.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-153"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-153 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Ortiz", "James Coleman", "John Cooke", "Kerry Tipper"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/787c689e-d21f-410a-88d8-e04b5ebe2586"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-153"
source_hash: "d1208930e3dbfd018a7c941aebbd16f748e9647a2a8fa63580145791950fd75d"
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 21-153 (2021A) — Department of Corrections Offender Identification Assistance Program

The act requires the department of corrections (department) to operate a program to assist offenders with acquiring state-issued identification cards and other identification documents necessary for offenders to obtain state-issued identification. The department can enter into agreements with the Colorado department of revenue and federal social security administration as necessary to operate the program.(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_sb153_h_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_153_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_153_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_153_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_153ssta_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_153_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_153_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_153_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_153_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **50–13** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Ortiz — primary (person)
- James Coleman — primary (person)
- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01T07:00:00+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/787c689e-d21f-410a-88d8-e04b5ebe2586`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).