republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1060.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "U Visa Certification Requirements"
description: "To be eligible for U nonimmigrant status (U visa) from the federal government, a requestor must receive a certification form from a certifying official attesting that the person has been the victim of certain criminal activity and has been, is being, or is likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of the criminal activity. The act sets a required time frame for completion or denial of the certification request and sets forth the factors that may and may not be considered in the certification process. The act also prohibits certain disclosures to immigration authorities and requires law enforcement to provide crime victims with information about the U visa.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1060"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1060 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Iman Jodeh", "Julie Gonzales", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4cf8e95-19d4-44c7-9ecf-51003549f221"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1060"
source_hash: "4051a80dc9dee4338286185259e71480a47b5c7cc93cb061bcacdfebc589e181"
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 21-1060 (2021A) — U Visa Certification Requirements

To be eligible for U nonimmigrant status (U visa) from the federal government, a requestor must receive a certification form from a certifying official attesting that the person has been the victim of certain criminal activity and has been, is being, or is likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of the criminal activity. The act sets a required time frame for completion or denial of the certification request and sets forth the factors that may and may not be considered in the certification process. The act also prohibits certain disclosures to immigration authorities and requires law enforcement to provide crime victims with information about the U visa.(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_hb1060_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1060_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1060_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1060_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1060jud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1060_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1060_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1060_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1060_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **41–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Iman Jodeh — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `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 `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4cf8e95-19d4-44c7-9ecf-51003549f221`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).