republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-199.md

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Bill	Remove Barriers To Certain Public Opportunities	The act states that, upon passage of the act, verification of lawful presence in the United States is not required for any purpose that lawful presence is not required by law, ordinance, or rule to receive benefits pursuant to a federal stimulus law or rule.Effective July 1, 2022, the act repeals current laws that require a person to demonstrate the person's lawful presence in the United States to be eligible for certain public benefits and states that lawful presence is not a requirement of eligibility for state or local public benefits, as defined by 8 U.S.C. sec. 1621.The act amends certain statutory provisions to clarify acceptable documents to demonstrate eligibility.Current law prohibits a state agency or political subdivision from entering into or renewing a public contract with a contractor who knowingly employs or contracts persons who are undocumented. The act repeals that requirement and associated statutory provisions.The act appropriates:$178,627 to the department of human services to implement the act. $47,768 is from the general fund and $130,859 is from the federal child care development funds; and	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-199	Colorado SB 21-199 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Daneya Esgar Faith Winter Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez Sonya Jaquez Lewis	11	18	4	2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00	2021-06-25T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/296435dd-1c57-40b4-8770-745bd085ba0d	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-199	c9fcf5a3d1b61992e9782a4184e449a0a0d5bbf2f4affb7f0aebd413ade1e59a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-199 (2021A) — Remove Barriers To Certain Public Opportunities

The act states that, upon passage of the act, verification of lawful presence in the United States is not required for any purpose that lawful presence is not required by law, ordinance, or rule to receive benefits pursuant to a federal stimulus law or rule.Effective July 1, 2022, the act repeals current laws that require a person to demonstrate the person's lawful presence in the United States to be eligible for certain public benefits and states that lawful presence is not a requirement of eligibility for state or local public benefits, as defined by 8 U.S.C. sec. 1621.The act amends certain statutory provisions to clarify acceptable documents to demonstrate eligibility.Current law prohibits a state agency or political subdivision from entering into or renewing a public contract with a contractor who knowingly employs or contracts persons who are undocumented. The act repeals that requirement and associated statutory provisions.The act appropriates:$178,627 to the department of human services to implement the act. $47,768 is from the general fund and $130,859 is from the federal child care development funds; and

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (05/18/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/23/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (05/14/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (05/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (05/19/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (06/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (06/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (06/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONCUR — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• REPASS — 22–10 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 41–23 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 23–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
• Faith Winter — primary (person)
• Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)
• Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-25T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction
• 2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/296435dd-1c57-40b4-8770-745bd085ba0d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).