---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulation Of Child Care Centers"
description: "The act eliminates duplicate fire or radon inspections for a child care center that provides child care exclusively to school-age children on the property of a school district, charter school, or institute charter school if a satisfactory inspection was completed within the preceding 12 months.The act requires an annual inspection of playground facilities on the property where a child care center operates and prohibits a duplicate inspection if a satisfactory inspection was completed within the preceding 12 months.The act permits the possession and self-administration of medication for asthma, a food allergy, or anaphylaxis if certain requirements are satisfied and if:The child is a school-age child enrolled in a child care center that provides child care exclusively to school-age children on the property of a school, district, charter school, or institute charter school; or"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-167"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-167 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Holbert", "Colin Larson", "Jeff Bridges", "Matt Gray"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-02T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/203b8b74-31c3-4a2c-af54-6d4f38edaf2e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-167"
source_hash: "58893b620af2c72281f50ba3c4248f0a67e1fa84c39d43ac0fc4d48801cf1212"
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 21-167 (2021A) — Regulation Of Child Care Centers

The act eliminates duplicate fire or radon inspections for a child care center that provides child care exclusively to school-age children on the property of a school district, charter school, or institute charter school if a satisfactory inspection was completed within the preceding 12 months.The act requires an annual inspection of playground facilities on the property where a child care center operates and prohibits a duplicate inspection if a satisfactory inspection was completed within the preceding 12 months.The act permits the possession and self-administration of medication for asthma, a food allergy, or anaphylaxis if certain requirements are satisfied and if:The child is a school-age child enrolled in a child care center that provides child care exclusively to school-age children on the property of a school, district, charter school, or institute charter school; or

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment L.012** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/ca22c72c06a7ea00872586bd006f117d__hearing_summary/21HousePublic0420AttachA.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_sb167_h_pbh_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_167_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (04/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_167_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (03/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_167_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (03/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_167sedu_01.pdf)
7. **PA2 (04/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_167pbh_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_167_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_167_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_167_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_167_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **62–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Holbert — primary (person)
- Colin Larson — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Matt Gray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/05/2021 - No Amendments
- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/203b8b74-31c3-4a2c-af54-6d4f38edaf2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).