republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1103.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Media Literacy Implementation"
description: "The act requires the department of education (department) to create and maintain an online resource bank of materials and resources pertaining to media literacy. At a minimum, the resource bank must include the materials and resources recommended in the media literacy advisory committee's report. The department shall promulgate rules, if necessary, to implement a procedure through which a person may provide comment on a material or resource within the resource bank, including a comment recommending the removal or inclusion of a material or resource within the resource bank.The act requires the department, upon the request of a school district, district charter school, institute charter school, or board of cooperative services, and subject to available resources, to provide technical assistance to a school district, district charter school, institute charter school, or board of cooperative services with implementing policies and procedures, best practices, and recommendations related to media literacy.The act clarifies that a school district, district charter school, institute charter school, or board of cooperative services is not required to adopt or implement any material or resource from the resource bank into its curriculum.The act requires the state board of education to review and adopt revisions that implement media literacy within reading, writing, and civics standards.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1103"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1103 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Brittany Pettersen", "Don Coram", "Lisa Cutter"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86047bac-615e-4711-8d99-08322a3ddf59"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1103"
source_hash: "8b5189f194fae022331fb371ec9edb30291582afff3a9c9f3eca11c0d308d33e"
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 21-1103 (2021A) — Media Literacy Implementation

The act requires the department of education (department) to create and maintain an online resource bank of materials and resources pertaining to media literacy. At a minimum, the resource bank must include the materials and resources recommended in the media literacy advisory committee's report. The department shall promulgate rules, if necessary, to implement a procedure through which a person may provide comment on a material or resource within the resource bank, including a comment recommending the removal or inclusion of a material or resource within the resource bank.The act requires the department, upon the request of a school district, district charter school, institute charter school, or board of cooperative services, and subject to available resources, to provide technical assistance to a school district, district charter school, institute charter school, or board of cooperative services with implementing policies and procedures, best practices, and recommendations related to media literacy.The act clarifies that a school district, district charter school, institute charter school, or board of cooperative services is not required to adopt or implement any material or resource from the resource bank into its curriculum.The act requires the state board of education to review and adopt revisions that implement media literacy within reading, writing, and civics standards.(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_hb1103_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1103_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1103_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1103_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1103sedu_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1103_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1103_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1103_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1103_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **41–23** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **14–20** (fail) · upper
- CONCUR — **60–1** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **38–23** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **22–12** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **21–37** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **21–37** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+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
- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/19/2021 - No Amendments
- **2021-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/10/2021 - No Amendments
- **2021-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86047bac-615e-4711-8d99-08322a3ddf59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).