republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1084.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drivers' Licenses For Foster Children"
description: "The act requires the state department of human services (state department) to reimburse a county or district department of human or social services (county department) for costs paid by the county department to a public or private driving school for the provision of driving instruction to an individual in the custody of the county department who is 15 to 20 years of age.The act does not waive or limit a county department's governmental immunity or place any liability on a county department for:Contracting with a driving school to provide driving instruction to an individual who is in the custody of the county department; or"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1084"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1084 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kolker", "Dennis Hisey", "Kevin Van Winkle", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bab30ecc-5fb3-4116-a379-e0a92c7b01f7"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1084"
source_hash: "9d667c59844995270175f7f14b9e9f0885cc57f098bd447f8b926789df317ad8"
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 21-1084 (2021A) — Drivers' Licenses For Foster Children

The act requires the state department of human services (state department) to reimburse a county or district department of human or social services (county department) for costs paid by the county department to a public or private driving school for the provision of driving instruction to an individual in the custody of the county department who is 15 to 20 years of age.The act does not waive or limit a county department's governmental immunity or place any liability on a county department for:Contracting with a driving school to provide driving instruction to an individual who is in the custody of the county department; or

## 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_hb1084_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1084_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1084_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1084_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1084app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1084_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1084_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1084_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1084_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **61–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Kolker — primary (person)
- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bab30ecc-5fb3-4116-a379-e0a92c7b01f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).