republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1014.md

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Bill	Disability Symbol Identification Document	The act creates an option for a person with a disability that interfere's with the person' ability to effectively communicate with a peace officer to request that the department of revenue (department) place a discreet disability identifier symbol on the person's driver's license or identification card. The symbol must represent all types of disabilities, such as cognitive disabilities, neurological diversities, mental health disorders, sensory needs, chronic illness, chronic pain, and physical disabilities. The person may also choose to have the disability information removed from the driver's license or identification card and the department will issue a new driver's license or identification card. There is no fee to either place the symbol on or remove the symbol from a driver's license or identification card.The act also requires the department to collect information that the owner of a vehicle voluntarily discloses about the disability of a person who is either authorized to drive, or a regular passenger of, the registered vehicle. The department shall make this information immediately available to a peace officer who queries information about the registered vehicle. The vehicle owner may also choose to have the disability information removed from the vehicle registration information.The department is required to notify peace officers about the creation of the disability identifier symbol and the availability of information regarding the disability of a driver or passenger of a motor vehicle.By January 15, 2023, and each year thereafter, the department is required to report to legislative committees the percentage of persons who register a vehicle and have disclosed disability information.To implement the act, $89,298 is appropriated from the general fund to the department of revenue.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1014	Colorado HB 21-1014 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Dafna Michaelson Jenet Jessie Danielson Mark Baisley	12	15	4	2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00	2021-06-30T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0f077506-50f2-4acf-8c76-70296d061ebf	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1014	933019d8863b76339c529f3f5f0a924bd2c27778231b5d31b43c2c5799c52d52	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1014 (2021A) — Disability Symbol Identification Document

The act creates an option for a person with a disability that interfere's with the person' ability to effectively communicate with a peace officer to request that the department of revenue (department) place a discreet disability identifier symbol on the person's driver's license or identification card. The symbol must represent all types of disabilities, such as cognitive disabilities, neurological diversities, mental health disorders, sensory needs, chronic illness, chronic pain, and physical disabilities. The person may also choose to have the disability information removed from the driver's license or identification card and the department will issue a new driver's license or identification card. There is no fee to either place the symbol on or remove the symbol from a driver's license or identification card.The act also requires the department to collect information that the owner of a vehicle voluntarily discloses about the disability of a person who is either authorized to drive, or a regular passenger of, the registered vehicle. The department shall make this information immediately available to a peace officer who queries information about the registered vehicle. The vehicle owner may also choose to have the disability information removed from the vehicle registration information.The department is required to notify peace officers about the creation of the disability identifier symbol and the availability of information regarding the disability of a driver or passenger of a motor vehicle.By January 15, 2023, and each year thereafter, the department is required to report to legislative committees the percentage of persons who register a vehicle and have disclosed disability information.To implement the act, $89,298 is appropriated from the general fund to the department of revenue.(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 (05/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/21/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (05/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (05/27/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. PA4 (06/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Reengrossed (05/10/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Rerevised (06/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
11. Revised (06/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
12. Signed Act (06/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 27–8 (pass) · upper
• REPASS — 65–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 63–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 64–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
• Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
• Mark Baisley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-30T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy introduction
• 2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f077506-50f2-4acf-8c76-70296d061ebf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).