---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fiscal Year 2021-22 Legislative Appropriation Bill"
description: "The act appropriates $54,276,399 to the legislative department for the payment of expenses in the 2021-22 state fiscal year. Additionally, the act appropriates $25,000 to the youth advisory council cash fund within the legislative department.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-196"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-196 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daneya Esgar", "Stephen Fenberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5724f83-3f14-4419-bdce-1e174bd7d5a2"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-196"
source_hash: "7e29debb32e27154511420624b9e0ba4adb6eefce8f4f9d51860ae20b60a9355"
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 21-196 (2021A) — Fiscal Year 2021-22 Legislative Appropriation Bill

The act appropriates $54,276,399 to the legislative department for the payment of expenses in the 2021-22 state fiscal year. Additionally, the act appropriates $25,000 to the youth advisory council cash fund within the legislative department.(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_sb196_h_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_196_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_196_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_196_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_196sapp_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_196_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_196_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_196_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_196_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **53–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5724f83-3f14-4419-bdce-1e174bd7d5a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).