republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-077.md

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Bill	Remove Lawful Presence Verification Credentialing	The act eliminates the requirement that the department of education and each division, board, or agency of the department of regulatory agencies verify the lawful presence of each applicant before issuing or renewing a license.The act also specifies that lawful presence is not required of any applicant for any state or local license, certificate, or registration. The act is a state law within the meaning of the federal law that gives states authority to provide for eligibility for state and local public benefits to persons who are unlawfully residing in the United States.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-077	Colorado SB 21-077 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Adrienne Benavidez Cathy Kipp Julie Gonzales	10	18	8	2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00	2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d51fb6ea-f397-43ff-acb3-7fa9c07e0c3f	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-077	44de15ce06eb5d7d7b00db4a4ec59d91be7885a24cc59ac9068fdab86ab8b2a2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-077 (2021A) — Remove Lawful Presence Verification Credentialing

The act eliminates the requirement that the department of education and each division, board, or agency of the department of regulatory agencies verify the lawful presence of each applicant before issuing or renewing a license.The act also specifies that lawful presence is not required of any applicant for any state or local license, certificate, or registration. The act is a state law within the meaning of the federal law that gives states authority to provide for eligibility for state and local public benefits to persons who are unlawfully residing in the United States.(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
2. Engrossed (03/22/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/17/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/18/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/14/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (03/23/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (04/21/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (04/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (05/27/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 24–11 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 39–24 (pass) · lower
• BYD SCP — 61–0 (pass) · lower
• ADOPT — 45–19 (pass) · lower
• NOT CONCUR APPT CC — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• REPASS — 40–24 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 24–11 (pass) · upper
• ADOPT CCR — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adrienne Benavidez — primary (person)
• Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
• Julie Gonzales — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
• 2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
• 2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
• 2021-04-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
• 2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction
• 2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2021-03-17T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d51fb6ea-f397-43ff-acb3-7fa9c07e0c3f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).