republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-188.md

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Bill	Ballot Access For Voters With Disabilities	Current law allows a voter with a disability to use an electronic voting device that produces a paper record to vote in a mail ballot election. If a voter receives a ballot through an electronic voting device, the voter is required to print the ballot to return it to the applicable election official. The act allows a voter to either print and return the ballot or to return the ballot by electronic transmission if the voter affirms the voter is an "eligible person" as defined in the act. Regardless of the method of return, the act specifies that to be valid, a ballot must include a signed affidavit or a copy of an acceptable form of identification and must be received by the election official in the applicable jurisdiction before the close of polls on the day of the election.The act also requires the secretary of state to establish an electronic transmission system through which a voter with a disability may request and return a ballot.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-188	Colorado SB 21-188 (2021A)	bill		enacted	David Ortiz Jessie Danielson Monica Duran	10	14	4	2021-03-19T06:00:00+00:00	2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5a87a9ff-7a6c-4a58-b7d9-21205770f678	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-188	ad308a5d8ead14630c4edac10d3ea4400d4e025b8ee290baede65f21a0163a62	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-188 (2021A) — Ballot Access For Voters With Disabilities

Current law allows a voter with a disability to use an electronic voting device that produces a paper record to vote in a mail ballot election. If a voter receives a ballot through an electronic voting device, the voter is required to print the ballot to return it to the applicable election official. The act allows a voter to either print and return the ballot or to return the ballot by electronic transmission if the voter affirms the voter is an "eligible person" as defined in the act. Regardless of the method of return, the act specifies that to be valid, a ballot must include a signed affidavit or a copy of an acceptable form of identification and must be received by the election official in the applicable jurisdiction before the close of polls on the day of the election.The act also requires the secretary of state to establish an electronic transmission system through which a voter with a disability may request and return a ballot.(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 (04/09/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/13/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/19/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (04/12/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (05/05/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (05/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (05/21/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONCUR — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• REPASS — 20–13 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 41–22 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 22–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Ortiz — primary (person)
• Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
• Monica Duran — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 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
• 2021-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs 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 with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-19T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a87a9ff-7a6c-4a58-b7d9-21205770f678. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).