---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residency Requirement Western Colorado University Board"
description: "The act removes the residency requirements for student members to serve on the board of trustees for Western Colorado university.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-191"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-191 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Julie McCluskie", "Kerry Donovan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b1dcba7-5da5-4b52-8129-790f57a60dbd"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-191"
source_hash: "fa3a5d15b747d9720aa13b3923ce9c6487b27158fa8bb05c1c06576bccfb3945"
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 21-191 (2021A) — Residency Requirement Western Colorado University Board

The act removes the residency requirements for student members to serve on the board of trustees for Western Colorado university.(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_sb191_h_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_191_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_191_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_191_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_191_rn6.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_191_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_191_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_191_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **48–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T06:00:00+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/4b1dcba7-5da5-4b52-8129-790f57a60dbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).