republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1115.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board Of Health Member Requirements"
description: "The act requires members of a county board of health or a district board of health and members of the state board of health, on and after January 1, 2022, to attend both annual public health training provided by the department of public health and environment and developed by the department of public health and environment along with the Colorado school of public health and annual public health training developed and provided by the department of public health and environment and the director of the office of emergency management concerning the role of a board of health in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from an emergency disaster.The act also requires the department of public health and environment, on and after January 1, 2022, to develop guidance on recruiting persons to serve on county and district boards of health and to provide this guidance to any board of county commissioners, county board of health, or district board of health that requests it.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1115"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1115 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cathy Kipp", "Joann Ginal", "Kevin Priola", "Kyle Mullica"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 18
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-15T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffc323d5-a888-4a48-955c-82c264ada253"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1115"
source_hash: "daed454b0a31cd43edf0fba072b207d668f80f882ae539fa1efe352f22fc1f11"
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 21-1115 (2021A) — Board Of Health Member Requirements

The act requires members of a county board of health or a district board of health and members of the state board of health, on and after January 1, 2022, to attend both annual public health training provided by the department of public health and environment and developed by the department of public health and environment along with the Colorado school of public health and annual public health training developed and provided by the department of public health and environment and the director of the office of emergency management concerning the role of a board of health in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from an emergency disaster.The act also requires the department of public health and environment, on and after January 1, 2022, to develop guidance on recruiting persons to serve on county and district boards of health and to provide this guidance to any board of county commissioners, county board of health, or district board of health that requests it.(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_clhb1115_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1115_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1115_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1115_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1115tlg_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1115_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1115_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1115_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1115_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- NOT CNCR — **46–14** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **39–24** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CCR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **25–9** (pass) · upper
- ADHERE — **38–25** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–12** (pass) · upper
- PERM — **46–14** (pass) · lower
- RECON — **47–13** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **40–24** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT — **46–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Reengrossed w/ Amendments
- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Recalled Bill From Senate
- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Adhere
- **2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
- **2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, 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/ffc323d5-a888-4a48-955c-82c264ada253`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).