republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1016.md

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Bill	Transfer Jurisdiction To Veteran's Speciality Court	Under current law, a court must inquire at the defendant's first appearance whether the defendant is a veteran. If the jurisdiction does not have a veterans treatment court, the act requires the court to inform a veteran defendant of the possibility of petitioning to transfer the case to a jurisdiction with a veterans treatment court.The act allows a veteran defendant or defendant who is currently serving in the U.S. armed forces and who is suffering from a diagnosable mental health condition that is related to the veteran's military service to petition the court to transfer the supervision of any post disposition of the case to a jurisdiction with a veterans treatment court if the jurisdiction of trial does not have a veterans treatment court and the district attorney and any victim in a victim's rights case consent to the petition. The petition must include the jurisdiction that the defendant is seeking to have the case transferred to and a description of the services or supports the defendant is seeking to access from the veterans treatment court in that jurisdiction. After receiving a petition, the court must consult with the judge administering the veterans treatment court and the district attorney of the hosting jurisdiction. The court may grant the petition to transfer the supervision of probation in the case if the veterans treatment court and the district attorney in the hosting jurisdiction consent to the transfer and that jurisdiction has the current ability to provide the resources and support necessary to responsibly accept the transfer. If the host jurisdiction files a motion for revocation of the veterans treatment court program probation, the host jurisdiction shall conduct the revocation hearing. If probation is revoked, the host jurisdiction shall refer the matter to the original jurisdiction for resentencing.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1016	Colorado HB 21-1016 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Bob Gardner David Ortiz Leroy Garcia Mike Lynch	9	18	7	2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00	2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e5094dc4-ec8c-436c-8a0c-64526d6f4f3a	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1016	913af2f8cb9fface84ba71eca2b6cb48c05e18bef939c2442d71069635e5d7e1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1016 (2021A) — Transfer Jurisdiction To Veteran's Speciality Court

Under current law, a court must inquire at the defendant's first appearance whether the defendant is a veteran. If the jurisdiction does not have a veterans treatment court, the act requires the court to inform a veteran defendant of the possibility of petitioning to transfer the case to a jurisdiction with a veterans treatment court.The act allows a veteran defendant or defendant who is currently serving in the U.S. armed forces and who is suffering from a diagnosable mental health condition that is related to the veteran's military service to petition the court to transfer the supervision of any post disposition of the case to a jurisdiction with a veterans treatment court if the jurisdiction of trial does not have a veterans treatment court and the district attorney and any victim in a victim's rights case consent to the petition. The petition must include the jurisdiction that the defendant is seeking to have the case transferred to and a description of the services or supports the defendant is seeking to access from the veterans treatment court in that jurisdiction. After receiving a petition, the court must consult with the judge administering the veterans treatment court and the district attorney of the hosting jurisdiction. The court may grant the petition to transfer the supervision of probation in the case if the veterans treatment court and the district attorney in the hosting jurisdiction consent to the transfer and that jurisdiction has the current ability to provide the resources and support necessary to responsibly accept the transfer. If the host jurisdiction files a motion for revocation of the veterans treatment court program probation, the host jurisdiction shall conduct the revocation hearing. If probation is revoked, the host jurisdiction shall refer the matter to the original jurisdiction for resentencing.(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 (04/09/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/08/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (04/12/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (04/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• REPASS — 57–4 (pass) · lower
• ADOPT — 58–3 (pass) · lower
• NOT CNCR — 60–1 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 60–5 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 32–2 (pass) · upper
• REPASS — 31–3 (pass) · upper
• ADOPT CCR — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bob Gardner — primary (person)
• David Ortiz — primary (person)
• Leroy Garcia — primary (person)
• Mike Lynch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
• 2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
• 2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
• 2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
• 2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2021-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-2
• 2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
• 2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e5094dc4-ec8c-436c-8a0c-64526d6f4f3a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).