---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation To Department Of Human Services For Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program"
description: "The act appropriates $3,000,000 to the department of human services (department) in order to seek a 50% match from the federal government for the Colorado employment first program within the supplemental nutrition assistance program. The act requires the department to direct county departments and any third-party partners to prioritize any state or federal money received to fund employment support and job retention services and to support work-based learning opportunities for Colorado employment first participants. Any remaining money may be used to initiate and enhance current and additional state- or county-initiated third-party partnerships.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1270"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1270 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Rhonda Fields", "Tony Exum", "Yadira Caraveo"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bca456a9-2699-491b-8583-0aeb41fde99c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1270"
source_hash: "905727285fb4a5db49a7d87c1412d75f422e0e7a72b88d3ad9864dc75339dd0a"
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 21-1270 (2021A) — Appropriation To Department Of Human Services For Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program

The act appropriates $3,000,000 to the department of human services (department) in order to seek a 50% match from the federal government for the Colorado employment first program within the supplemental nutrition assistance program. The act requires the department to direct county departments and any third-party partners to prioritize any state or federal money received to fund employment support and job retention services and to support work-based learning opportunities for Colorado employment first participants. Any remaining money may be used to initiate and enhance current and additional state- or county-initiated third-party partnerships.(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. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/4d26f397723936ff872586c0006063a0__hearing_summary/21HousePublic0423AttachB.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1270_s_app_003.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (05/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1270_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (06/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1270_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (04/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1270_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1270pbh_01.pdf)
7. **PA2 (05/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1270app.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1270_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1270_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1270_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1270_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **42–21** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)
- Yadira Caraveo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bca456a9-2699-491b-8583-0aeb41fde99c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).