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type: "Bill"
title: "Disability Symbol Identification Document"
description: "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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1014"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1014 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Jessie Danielson", "Mark Baisley"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f077506-50f2-4acf-8c76-70296d061ebf"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1014"
source_hash: "933019d8863b76339c529f3f5f0a924bd2c27778231b5d31b43c2c5799c52d52"
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 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](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1014_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1014_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1014_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1014_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1014tlg_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1014app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1014stra_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1014straapp.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (05/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1014_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (06/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1014_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (06/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1014_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (06/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1014_signed.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f077506-50f2-4acf-8c76-70296d061ebf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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