---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notarization Of Certain Probate Documents"
description: "Under existing law, a declaration made pursuant to the \"Colorado Medical Treatment Decision Act\" must be signed in the presence of 2 witnesses. The act permits the declaration to be witnessed, as described in existing law, or acknowledged before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments.A donor may make an anatomical gift by a donor card or other record signed by the donor. If the donor is physically unable to sign a record, the record may be signed by another individual at the direction of the donor and be witnessed by at least 2 adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness. The act permits the record of a person unable to sign to be witnessed, as described in existing law, or acknowledged before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-195"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-195 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marc Snyder", "Matt Soper", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bb150b4-877d-432f-be68-2f8129575b8d"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-195"
source_hash: "072e6973004760c22bf8496172a8e21e76c6aacb1d7c8ded96e88453d2863147"
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 21-195 (2021A) — Notarization Of Certain Probate Documents

Under existing law, a declaration made pursuant to the "Colorado Medical Treatment Decision Act" must be signed in the presence of 2 witnesses. The act permits the declaration to be witnessed, as described in existing law, or acknowledged before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments.A donor may make an anatomical gift by a donor card or other record signed by the donor. If the donor is physically unable to sign a record, the record may be signed by another individual at the direction of the donor and be witnessed by at least 2 adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness. The act permits the record of a person unable to sign to be witnessed, as described in existing law, or acknowledged before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments.(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_sb195_h_pbh_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_195_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_195_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_195_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_195_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_195_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_195_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_195_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marc Snyder — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/5bb150b4-877d-432f-be68-2f8129575b8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).