republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1045.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Invasive Pest Control Administration"
description: "The act authorizes the commissioner of agriculture (commissioner) to:Enter into an agreement with any person or local government to provide pest control services. The department of agriculture (department) may provide pest control services directly or through a local government and may require remuneration for providing pest control services. The remuneration is deposited in the emergency invasive-pest response fund (fund) created by the act, and the commissioner is authorized to expend money in the fund to implement the act and emergency measures to control or eradicate invasive pests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1045"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1045 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald Valdez", "Mary Young", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c86a154-87c8-4548-b09a-c13bc87b05ef"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1045"
source_hash: "3cfa5ce786785559f8d8910a28d41abe2e84888974dbf0aa0351258597e158ad"
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 21-1045 (2021A) — Invasive Pest Control Administration

The act authorizes the commissioner of agriculture (commissioner) to:Enter into an agreement with any person or local government to provide pest control services. The department of agriculture (department) may provide pest control services directly or through a local government and may require remuneration for providing pest control services. The remuneration is deposited in the emergency invasive-pest response fund (fund) created by the act, and the commissioner is authorized to expend money in the fund to implement the act and emergency measures to control or eradicate invasive pests.

## 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_hb1045_s_agr_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1045_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1045_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1045_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1045sagr_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1045_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1045_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1045_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1045_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **38–24** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **37–25** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **40–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donald Valdez — primary (person)
- Mary Young — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/04/2021 - No Amendments
- **2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/01/2021 - No Amendments
- **2021-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Water `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c86a154-87c8-4548-b09a-c13bc87b05ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).