---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parole Eligibility For Youthful Offenders"
description: "The department of corrections operates a specialized program for offenders who are serving a prison sentence for a felony offense committed while the offender was a juvenile as a result of criminal charges filed by direct file or transfer proceedings. The act would expand program eligibility to adults serving a sentence for a felony that was committed when the person was under 21 years of age. The act requires the court, when it sentences a person under 21 years of age, to make a statement that it is possible the defendant could serve a portion of the sentence in the specialized program.The act appropriates $118,976 from the general fund and provides 1.4 FTE to the department of corrections to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1209"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1209 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lindsey Daugherty", "Pete Lee", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 20
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9535a76c-a5d8-4a5a-ba03-0f50cb83488b"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1209"
source_hash: "4378350d4e4861622bb1e58bcd02b6b63b04f87cdf9f24eb936b42b627b224ca"
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 HB 21-1209 (2021A) — Parole Eligibility For Youthful Offenders

The department of corrections operates a specialized program for offenders who are serving a prison sentence for a felony offense committed while the offender was a juvenile as a result of criminal charges filed by direct file or transfer proceedings. The act would expand program eligibility to adults serving a sentence for a felony that was committed when the person was under 21 years of age. The act requires the court, when it sentences a person under 21 years of age, to make a statement that it is possible the defendant could serve a portion of the sentence in the specialized program.The act appropriates $118,976 from the general fund and provides 1.4 FTE to the department of corrections to implement the act.(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_hb1209_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1209_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1209_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1209_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1209jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1209app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1209_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1209_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1209_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1209_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- COW * — **17–18** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **24–38** (fail) · lower
- CONCUR — **40–25** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **28–34** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **39–26** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **17–18** (fail) · upper
- RECONSIDERATION — **18–16** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **38–27** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **19–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9535a76c-a5d8-4a5a-ba03-0f50cb83488b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).