republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-245.md

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Bill	Backcountry Search And Rescue In Colorado	The act defines "backcountry search and rescue" as the utilization, training, and support of responders, with their specialized equipment, to locate, provide assistance to, and remove to safety individuals who are lost, injured, stranded, or entrapped, generally in remote areas of the state. The division of parks and wildlife (division) within the department of natural resources must conduct a study and develop recommendations on the issues related to backcountry search and rescue, including how to develop a sustainable structure for coordination among the local, state, federal, and nonprofit organizations involved in backcountry search and rescue, the adequacy of resources and benefits available to volunteers who provide backcountry search and rescue services, the funding needs for equipment and reimbursement, and the needs for volunteer training and public education. The division must also conduct outreach and training related to the physical and psychological support needs of backcountry search and rescue volunteers, which may include working with consultants, providing programs, or creating a grant program for local governments or nonprofit organizations providing backcountry search and rescue. The act makes conforming amendments related to the definition of "backcountry search and rescue".(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-245	Colorado SB 21-245 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Bob Rankin Julie McCluskie Kerry Donovan Perry Will	11	16	4	2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00	2021-06-27T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f9e9d175-6613-4f0f-a7dd-c4ecb308eef5	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-245	92b823cfdff60ad70f9d6d369784df0b2acc04a0d9b78628c2f7229adc1494a5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-245 (2021A) — Backcountry Search And Rescue In Colorado

The act defines "backcountry search and rescue" as the utilization, training, and support of responders, with their specialized equipment, to locate, provide assistance to, and remove to safety individuals who are lost, injured, stranded, or entrapped, generally in remote areas of the state. The division of parks and wildlife (division) within the department of natural resources must conduct a study and develop recommendations on the issues related to backcountry search and rescue, including how to develop a sustainable structure for coordination among the local, state, federal, and nonprofit organizations involved in backcountry search and rescue, the adequacy of resources and benefits available to volunteers who provide backcountry search and rescue services, the funding needs for equipment and reimbursement, and the needs for volunteer training and public education. The division must also conduct outreach and training related to the physical and psychological support needs of backcountry search and rescue volunteers, which may include working with consultants, providing programs, or creating a grant program for local governments or nonprofit organizations providing backcountry search and rescue. The act makes conforming amendments related to the definition of "backcountry search and rescue".(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 (05/21/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/14/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (05/13/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (05/21/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (06/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (05/24/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (06/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (06/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (06/27/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONCUR — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• REPASS — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 58–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bob Rankin — primary (person)
• Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
• Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
• Perry Will — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-27T06:00:00+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
• 2021-06-03T06:00:00+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 Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2021-06-01T06:00:00+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 Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment introduction
• 2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f9e9d175-6613-4f0f-a7dd-c4ecb308eef5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).