republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1121.md

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Bill	Residential Tenancy Procedures	The act updates language that must be included on a court summons issued to a defendant-tenant in an eviction action explaining the consequences for failing to answer the complaint, the content of an answer, and the fees and deposits related to filing an answer.The act prohibits a county sheriff from executing a writ of restitution, which directs the sheriff to assist the landlord in removing the tenant, until at least 10 days after a landlord wins judgment in an eviction action.The act prohibits residential landlords from increasing rent more than one time in a 12-month period of tenancy. For a residential tenancy of any duration in which there is no written agreement, the act requires a landlord to give a tenant 60 days' notice prior to increasing rent. The act prohibits a landlord from terminating a residential tenancy in which there is no written agreement with the primary purpose of increasing a tenant's rent without providing 60 days' notice.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1121	Colorado HB 21-1121 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Dominique Jackson Iman Jodeh Julie Gonzales	10	19	3	2021-02-18T07:00:00+00:00	2021-06-25T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/23b21424-28a7-4424-9a94-033438713a9f	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1121	99ccc1c930faa51cd30f2d4d369ae224a2d83db95097940b115abb830335ee30	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1121 (2021A) — Residential Tenancy Procedures

The act updates language that must be included on a court summons issued to a defendant-tenant in an eviction action explaining the consequences for failing to answer the complaint, the content of an answer, and the fees and deposits related to filing an answer.The act prohibits a county sheriff from executing a writ of restitution, which directs the sheriff to assist the landlord in removing the tenant, until at least 10 days after a landlord wins judgment in an eviction action.The act prohibits residential landlords from increasing rent more than one time in a 12-month period of tenancy. For a residential tenancy of any duration in which there is no written agreement, the act requires a landlord to give a tenant 60 days' notice prior to increasing rent. The act prohibits a landlord from terminating a residential tenancy in which there is no written agreement with the primary purpose of increasing a tenant's rent without providing 60 days' notice.(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 (03/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/08/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/18/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/05/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (04/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (05/21/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (05/20/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (06/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• AMD — 28–33 (fail) · lower
• BILL — 19–15 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 40–23 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dominique Jackson — primary (person)
• Iman Jodeh — primary (person)
• Julie Gonzales — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-25T06:00:00+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
• 2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 05/18/2021 - No Amendments
• 2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 05/14/2021 - No Amendments
• 2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 05/07/2021 - No Amendments
• 2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-31T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-18T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23b21424-28a7-4424-9a94-033438713a9f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).