republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-131.md

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Bill	Protect Personal Identifying Information Kept By State	The act specifies measures in several categories to protect personal identifying information (PII) kept by state agencies.Limitations on PII shared by state agencies: A state agency employee is prohibited from disclosing or making accessible PII that is not available to the public for the purpose of investigating for, participating in, cooperating with, or assisting in federal immigration enforcement, except as required by federal or state law or as required to comply with a court-issued subpoena, warrant, or order. The department of revenue is prohibited from sharing motor vehicle records with law enforcement agencies and other government agencies if the information is to be used for the purpose of investigating for or assisting in federal immigration enforcement, except as required by federal or state law or as required to comply with a court-issued subpoena, warrant, or order.Reduction of PII collected by state agencies: Beginning January 1, 2022, a state agency employee is prohibited from inquiring into, or requesting information or documents to ascertain, a person's immigration status for the purpose of identifying if the person has complied with federal immigration laws except as required by state or federal law or as necessary to perform state agency duties, or to verify a person's eligibility for a government-funded program for housing or economic development if verification is a condition of the government funding.In addition, beginning January 1, 2022, a state agency shall not collect data regarding a person's place of birth, immigration or citizenship status, or information from passports, permanent resident cards, alien registration cards, or employment authorization documents, except as required by state or federal law or as necessary to perform state agency duties, or to verify a person's eligibility for a government-funded program for housing or economic development if verification is a condition of the government funding.Access to state agency records: Beginning January 1, 2022, to be granted access to PII through a database or automated network maintained by a state agency that is not otherwise available to the public, a third party must have, within the past year, certified under penalty of perjury that the third party will not use or disclose PII obtained for the purpose of investigating for, participating in, cooperating with, or assisting in federal immigration enforcement, unless required by federal or state law or to comply with a court-issued subpoena, warrant, or order that is not related to prosecution for a violation of specified provisions of federal immigration law. The attorney general's office is required to create a model certification form and provide it to state agencies.Record keeping and reporting: The act specifies what a request for records includes and does not include for purposes of the act. Beginning January 1, 2022, if a third party requests a record from a state agency and the record contains PII, the state agency is required to retain a written record of the request that contains specified information (written record). Beginning January 1, 2022, and on a quarterly basis thereafter, the state agency is required to provide the information contained in the written record to the governor's office of legal counsel and to attest that no request was granted for any purpose prohibited by the act. On March 1, 2022, and on a quarterly basis thereafter, the governor's office is required to provide a report to the joint budget committee of the general assembly containing quarterly and year-to-date summaries of the information provided by state agencies in the written record.For a request made by a third party through the Colorado driver's license, record, identification, and vehicle enterprise solution, if the department of revenue is unable to gather the information for the written record because doing so would require technology or programming changes outside the department's control, the department is required to continue to allow access to the information if access is required by state or federal law or is a condition of receiving federal or state funding. The department of revenue is required to submit quarterly reports including the identity of the third party, the reason for the inability to collect the written record, and an attestation that the department of revenue and third party have met the other applicable requirements of the act.Data privacy breaches: Any state agency employee who intentionally violates the provisions of the act is subject to an injunction and is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 for each violation.The act includes an identification document issued to an individual who is not lawfully present in the United States in the list of records that the department of revenue shall not allow a person to inspect pursuant to the "Colorado Open Records Act". In addition, the act specifies that the provisions of the act are included in the laws that the department of revenue is required to follow when releasing records for public inspection.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-131	Colorado SB 21-131 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Julie Gonzales Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez	13	16	4	2021-02-25T07:00:00+00:00	2021-06-25T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/367655fd-5340-4b07-b0b9-3d53f7eab0a3	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-131	19cb2b38be5c5cfb9a6870186a4e49131c398ceccc6590317a5b0a5633fe14f1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-131 (2021A) — Protect Personal Identifying Information Kept By State

The act specifies measures in several categories to protect personal identifying information (PII) kept by state agencies.Limitations on PII shared by state agencies: A state agency employee is prohibited from disclosing or making accessible PII that is not available to the public for the purpose of investigating for, participating in, cooperating with, or assisting in federal immigration enforcement, except as required by federal or state law or as required to comply with a court-issued subpoena, warrant, or order. The department of revenue is prohibited from sharing motor vehicle records with law enforcement agencies and other government agencies if the information is to be used for the purpose of investigating for or assisting in federal immigration enforcement, except as required by federal or state law or as required to comply with a court-issued subpoena, warrant, or order.Reduction of PII collected by state agencies: Beginning January 1, 2022, a state agency employee is prohibited from inquiring into, or requesting information or documents to ascertain, a person's immigration status for the purpose of identifying if the person has complied with federal immigration laws except as required by state or federal law or as necessary to perform state agency duties, or to verify a person's eligibility for a government-funded program for housing or economic development if verification is a condition of the government funding.In addition, beginning January 1, 2022, a state agency shall not collect data regarding a person's place of birth, immigration or citizenship status, or information from passports, permanent resident cards, alien registration cards, or employment authorization documents, except as required by state or federal law or as necessary to perform state agency duties, or to verify a person's eligibility for a government-funded program for housing or economic development if verification is a condition of the government funding.Access to state agency records: Beginning January 1, 2022, to be granted access to PII through a database or automated network maintained by a state agency that is not otherwise available to the public, a third party must have, within the past year, certified under penalty of perjury that the third party will not use or disclose PII obtained for the purpose of investigating for, participating in, cooperating with, or assisting in federal immigration enforcement, unless required by federal or state law or to comply with a court-issued subpoena, warrant, or order that is not related to prosecution for a violation of specified provisions of federal immigration law. The attorney general's office is required to create a model certification form and provide it to state agencies.Record keeping and reporting: The act specifies what a request for records includes and does not include for purposes of the act. Beginning January 1, 2022, if a third party requests a record from a state agency and the record contains PII, the state agency is required to retain a written record of the request that contains specified information (written record). Beginning January 1, 2022, and on a quarterly basis thereafter, the state agency is required to provide the information contained in the written record to the governor's office of legal counsel and to attest that no request was granted for any purpose prohibited by the act. On March 1, 2022, and on a quarterly basis thereafter, the governor's office is required to provide a report to the joint budget committee of the general assembly containing quarterly and year-to-date summaries of the information provided by state agencies in the written record.For a request made by a third party through the Colorado driver's license, record, identification, and vehicle enterprise solution, if the department of revenue is unable to gather the information for the written record because doing so would require technology or programming changes outside the department's control, the department is required to continue to allow access to the information if access is required by state or federal law or is a condition of receiving federal or state funding. The department of revenue is required to submit quarterly reports including the identity of the third party, the reason for the inability to collect the written record, and an attestation that the department of revenue and third party have met the other applicable requirements of the act.Data privacy breaches: Any state agency employee who intentionally violates the provisions of the act is subject to an injunction and is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 for each violation.The act includes an identification document issued to an individual who is not lawfully present in the United States in the list of records that the department of revenue shall not allow a person to inspect pursuant to the "Colorado Open Records Act". In addition, the act specifies that the provisions of the act are included in the laws that the department of revenue is required to follow when releasing records for public inspection.(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 (05/11/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/18/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/17/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (05/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (05/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. PA4 (05/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. PA5 (05/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Reengrossed (05/12/2021) (committee substitute) — source
11. Rerevised (06/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
12. Revised (06/02/2021) (committee substitute) — source
13. Signed Act (06/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 25–10 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• REPASS — 26–8 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 41–23 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
• Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-25T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 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 with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to Finance referral-committee
• 2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction
• 2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-25T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/367655fd-5340-4b07-b0b9-3d53f7eab0a3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).