republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1091.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sentencing Juveniles Transferred To Adult Court"
description: "Under current law, a juvenile convicted as an adult following the direct filing of charges in district court is not subject to the mandatory minimum sentencing provisions for crimes of violence. However, a juvenile convicted as an adult following the transfer of charges from juvenile court to district court is subject to the mandatory minimum sentencing for crimes of violence. The act adds language to the juvenile transfer statute to mirror the language currently found in the juvenile direct file statutes, so a juvenile transferred to adult court is subject to the same sentencing provisions as a juvenile who is in adult court based on a direct file.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1091"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1091 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janet Buckner", "Lindsey Daugherty", "Mike Lynch"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cbb4ffa-1ad6-4f78-8693-95312db5874b"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1091"
source_hash: "3b7100941f53677b2867cf486ff437343ccfe42a7efbea542047352dbe30e338"
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 21-1091 (2021A) — Sentencing Juveniles Transferred To Adult Court

Under current law, a juvenile convicted as an adult following the direct filing of charges in district court is not subject to the mandatory minimum sentencing provisions for crimes of violence. However, a juvenile convicted as an adult following the transfer of charges from juvenile court to district court is subject to the mandatory minimum sentencing for crimes of violence. The act adds language to the juvenile transfer statute to mirror the language currently found in the juvenile direct file statutes, so a juvenile transferred to adult court is subject to the same sentencing provisions as a juvenile who is in adult court based on a direct file.(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_hb1091_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1091_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1091_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1091_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1091sjud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1091_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1091_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1091_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1091_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)
- Mike Lynch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **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 with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended 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/7cbb4ffa-1ad6-4f78-8693-95312db5874b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).