republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1116.md

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Bill	Purple Heart Recipient Free State Park Access	The act allows Colorado residents who display a purple heart special license plate free entrance to any state park or recreation area, not including campgrounds, on any day of the year that such park or area is open.The act also allows a Colorado resident to acquire a free transferable annual state parks pass by presenting the same documents required for a purple heart special license plate at a regional office or the central office of the division of parks and wildlife, or at any other locations the division determines. Thus, Colorado residents who have received a purple heart will be able to obtain free access to state parks without acquiring a purple heart special license plate.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1116	Colorado HB 21-1116 (2021A)	bill		enacted	David Ortiz Larry Liston Leroy Garcia Richard Holtorf	8	15	2	2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00	2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/154717a5-663f-4d11-bb43-a15fa3f1acc5	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1116	277b3f7ecf43f18174743a74d242d3badc6697960e502c9da970ffd42fab9572	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1116 (2021A) — Purple Heart Recipient Free State Park Access

The act allows Colorado residents who display a purple heart special license plate free entrance to any state park or recreation area, not including campgrounds, on any day of the year that such park or area is open.The act also allows a Colorado resident to acquire a free transferable annual state parks pass by presenting the same documents required for a purple heart special license plate at a regional office or the central office of the division of parks and wildlife, or at any other locations the division determines. Thus, Colorado residents who have received a purple heart will be able to obtain free access to state parks without acquiring a purple heart special license plate.(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
2. Engrossed (04/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/19/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (04/08/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (05/10/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (05/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (05/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 63–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Ortiz — primary (person)
• Larry Liston — primary (person)
• Leroy Garcia — primary (person)
• Richard Holtorf — 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
• 2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 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 - No Amendments reading-2
• 2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-25T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Finance referral-committee
• 2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/154717a5-663f-4d11-bb43-a15fa3f1acc5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).