republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1069.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enforcement Of Sexual Exploitation Of A Child"
description: "The act updates certain actions described as sexual exploitation of a child to reflect access and viewing due to evolving technology.The act makes sexual exploitation of a child an extraordinary risk crime, enhancing the presumptive sentencing range in certain circumstances.The act creates the sexual exploitation of children surcharge for any person who is convicted of or receives a deferred sentence for sexual exploitation of a child. Ninety-five percent of the surcharge goes to the sexual exploitation of children surcharge fund. The money in the fund will provide funding to the Colorado bureau of investigation (bureau) to develop and acquire, and allow the bureau to help other law enforcement agencies with developing and acquiring, necessary technological and expert resources to investigate and prosecute computer-facilitated crimes of sexual exploitation of a child.The act requires a post-enactment review of the implementation of the act three years after it becomes law.The act makes an appropriation of $1,894 to the judicial department from the general fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1069"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1069 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Dylan Roberts", "Rhonda Fields", "Terri Carver"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65ea47a9-0a30-4e47-b00d-ff3398a9c1cb"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1069"
source_hash: "aed6888149cdf1f4f735c4f168ed5a4e350b07c342c2b5b1303961056e6cc50f"
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 21-1069 (2021A) — Enforcement Of Sexual Exploitation Of A Child

The act updates certain actions described as sexual exploitation of a child to reflect access and viewing due to evolving technology.The act makes sexual exploitation of a child an extraordinary risk crime, enhancing the presumptive sentencing range in certain circumstances.The act creates the sexual exploitation of children surcharge for any person who is convicted of or receives a deferred sentence for sexual exploitation of a child. Ninety-five percent of the surcharge goes to the sexual exploitation of children surcharge fund. The money in the fund will provide funding to the Colorado bureau of investigation (bureau) to develop and acquire, and allow the bureau to help other law enforcement agencies with developing and acquiring, necessary technological and expert resources to investigate and prosecute computer-facilitated crimes of sexual exploitation of a child.The act requires a post-enactment review of the implementation of the act three years after it becomes law.The act makes an appropriation of $1,894 to the judicial department from the general fund.(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_hb1069_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1069_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1069_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1069_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1069app_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1069sjud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1069_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1069_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1069_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1069_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Finance `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/65ea47a9-0a30-4e47-b00d-ff3398a9c1cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).