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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Retail Business Must Accept Cash"
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description: "The act requires retail establishments that offer goods or services to accept United States currency (cash) to purchase the goods or services, but does not apply to:Establishments that do not have an individual accepting payment in person;"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2021A"
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identifier: "HB 21-1048"
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citation: "Colorado HB 21-1048 (2021A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alex Valdez", "Robert Rodriguez"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62ae2ab2-7a9f-4579-bef6-4229537efd5c"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1048"
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source_hash: "d632148ef447bce913e12e60b2db7eac01e9f8431a832cb3972d878055e7cee6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 21-1048 (2021A) — Retail Business Must Accept Cash
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The act requires retail establishments that offer goods or services to accept United States currency (cash) to purchase the goods or services, but does not apply to:Establishments that do not have an individual accepting payment in person;
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1048_s_blt_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1048_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (04/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1048_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1048_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (03/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1048bus_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (04/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1048sblt_01.pdf)
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7. **Reengrossed (03/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1048_ren.pdf)
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8. **Rerevised (04/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1048_rer.pdf)
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9. **Revised (04/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1048_rev.pdf)
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10. **Signed Act (05/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1048_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- CONCUR — **58–6** (pass) · lower
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- REPASS — **45–19** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **21–13** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **47–18** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alex Valdez — primary (person)
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- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
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- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
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- **2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2021-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62ae2ab2-7a9f-4579-bef6-4229537efd5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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