---
type: "Bill"
title: "ModificationTo Local Government Election Codes"
description: "The act makes the following changes to the local government and special district election codes:Revises statutory citations to clarify that the Colorado local government election code is the portion of the election code applicable to special district elections;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-160"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-160 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Marc Snyder"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-02T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca3c6e25-9f90-42ee-ad3e-57d766088f74"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-160"
source_hash: "c35406f088bd5059f7e197ead4808b553d84d22aded058ef2b71f65f3896a04a"
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 21-160 (2021A) — ModificationTo Local Government Election Codes

The act makes the following changes to the local government and special district election codes:Revises statutory citations to clarify that the Colorado local government election code is the portion of the election code applicable to special district elections;

## 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_sb160_h_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_160_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_160_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_160_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_160ssta_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_160_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_160_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_160_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_160_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **62–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Marc Snyder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02T07:00:00+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/ca3c6e25-9f90-42ee-ad3e-57d766088f74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).