republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1047.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Commissioner Districts Gerrymandering"
description: "The act establishes the process used by county commissioner redistricting commissions (commissions) to divide counties that have any number of their county commissioners not elected by the voters of the whole county into county commissioner districts. In these counties, the act:Recommends the establishment of independent county commissioner redistricting commissions and provides criteria to consider when creating these independent commissions;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1047"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1047 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kennedy", "Pete Lee"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce42b6ab-0db4-47f7-9c95-3ec2b80ab9e2"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1047"
source_hash: "b0888e9d9a39e7cdb48c1839d6ae391a41ea22736bdc9942bfad7ddd70f78b84"
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 21-1047 (2021A) — County Commissioner Districts Gerrymandering

The act establishes the process used by county commissioner redistricting commissions (commissions) to divide counties that have any number of their county commissioners not elected by the voters of the whole county into county commissioner districts. In these counties, the act:Recommends the establishment of independent county commissioner redistricting commissions and provides criteria to consider when creating these independent commissions;

## 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_hb1047_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1047_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1047_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1047_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1047sa_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1047ssta_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1047_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1047_rr2.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1047_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1047_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **54–8** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **38–24** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2021-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/15/2021 - No Amendments
- **2021-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce42b6ab-0db4-47f7-9c95-3ec2b80ab9e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).