---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funding Health Benefits For Legislative Aides"
description: "The act amends Senate Bill 21-196, the bill that provides appropriations for the legislative branch for the 2021-22 state fiscal year, to increase the funding for and FTE allocated to the general assembly to allow the general assembly to provide health benefits for legislative aides.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-244"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-244 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alec Garnett", "Daneya Esgar", "Leroy Garcia", "Stephen Fenberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/881d3e34-f7e7-450e-b320-d091401303cd"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-244"
source_hash: "c02e0d33bc2f6fd6b6293f00e8b7680441b0523b7dc5ed30516f83d990fea3c6"
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 21-244 (2021A) — Funding Health Benefits For Legislative Aides

The act amends Senate Bill 21-196, the bill that provides appropriations for the legislative branch for the 2021-22 state fiscal year, to increase the funding for and FTE allocated to the general assembly to allow the general assembly to provide health benefits for legislative aides.(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_sb244_h_lc_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_244_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_244_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_244_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_244_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_244_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (06/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_244_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_244_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **24–39** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alec Garnett — primary (person)
- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Leroy Garcia — primary (person)
- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 05/19/2021 - No Amendments
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Legislative Council Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Refer Unamended to Legislative Council `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T06:00:00+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/881d3e34-f7e7-450e-b320-d091401303cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).