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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Purple Heart Recipient Free State Park Access"
description: "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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1116"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1116 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Ortiz", "Larry Liston", "Leroy Garcia", "Richard Holtorf"]
version_count: 8
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/154717a5-663f-4d11-bb43-a15fa3f1acc5"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1116"
source_hash: "277b3f7ecf43f18174743a74d242d3badc6697960e502c9da970ffd42fab9572"
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 21-1116 (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](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1116_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1116_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1116_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1116_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1116_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1116_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1116_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1116_signed.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/154717a5-663f-4d11-bb43-a15fa3f1acc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).