republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020b/hb-20b-1003.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food Pantry Assistance Grant Program"
description: "The bill expands and extends the provisions of the food pantry assistance grant program (grant program) that is currently in law. Current law states that all grants from the grant program must be made on or before December 30, 2020, and allows for grants to food banks and food pantries, including faith-based organizations (eligible entities) . The bill extends this date to February 28, 2021. and also allows food delivery organizations to apply for a grant . The bill states that it is the intent of the general assembly that food purchased through an award from the grant program be purchased and distributed all money awarded by the grant program is expended on or before June 30, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020B"
identifier: "HB 20B-1003"
citation: "Colorado HB 20B-1003 (2020B)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Hisey", "Lisa Cutter", "Rod Bockenfeld", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-12-07T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2eb4237-e5b5-4fb9-b264-de8a54885833"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20b-1003"
source_hash: "88be87ac3150d107edc73742349287998e20ab4f9cd3301d0de425c1e8d5c910"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 20B-1003 (2020B) — Food Pantry Assistance Grant Program

The bill expands and extends the provisions of the food pantry assistance grant program (grant program) that is currently in law. Current law states that all grants from the grant program must be made on or before December 30, 2020, and allows for grants to food banks and food pantries, including faith-based organizations (eligible entities) . The bill extends this date to February 28, 2021. and also allows food delivery organizations to apply for a grant . The bill states that it is the intent of the general assembly that food purchased through an award from the grant program be purchased and distributed all money awarded by the grant program is expended on or before June 30, 2021.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020b_hb1003_s_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (11/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_1003_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (12/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_1003_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (11/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_1003_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (11/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_1003phc_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (11/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_1003app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (12/01/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_1003sfin_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (12/01/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_1003_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (12/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_1003_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (12/01/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_1003_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (12/07/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020b_1003_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **62–2** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **59–5** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **24–39** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Rod Bockenfeld — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-07T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-04T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-12-04T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-03T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-12-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-12-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2eb4237-e5b5-4fb9-b264-de8a54885833`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).