republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1122.md

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Bill	First Responder Interactions Persons With Disabilities	The act establishes the commission on improving first responder interactions with persons with disabilities (commission) in the attorney general's office. The commission is comprised of 12 members appointed by the attorney general, including 2 persons with a disability, 2 parents of a child with a disability, 2 representatives from advocacy organizations, a person from a disability community not otherwise represented on the commission, a representative of a statewide organization of current and former peace officers, a representative of a statewide organization of chiefs of police, a representative of a statewide organization of county sheriffs, a member of the peace officer standards and training board (P.O.S.T. board), and a member of the P.O.S.T. board's curriculum subject matter expert committee.After reviewing the existing Colorado peace officer training and existing available curricula, the commission must recommend to the P.O.S.T. board a curriculum for peace officer training concerning interactions with persons with disabilities. Subject to available appropriations, the P.O.S.T. board must implement the recommended curriculum by July 1, 2022. The commission is required to review implementation of the curriculum and may recommend changes that the P.O.S.T. board may adopt.The commission is repealed on December 31, 2023, but prior to its repeal the attorney general may recommend continuation of the commission.The act requires the fire service training and certification advisory board to advise the director of the division of fire prevention and control on whether to include the commission's curriculum or similar curriculum in the fire service education and training program. The department of public health and environment is required to consider including the commission's curriculum in training for personnel who routinely respond to emergencies.The act makes an appropriation of $39,775 to the department of law for use by the P.O.S.T. board.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1122	Colorado HB 21-1122 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Chris Kolker Colin Larson Joann Ginal Meg Froelich	15	18	4	2021-02-18T07:00:00+00:00	2021-06-30T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a6405b17-19be-4421-8faf-1e7f8874af3e	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1122	890d821377670d4da81bb8e3c15c762156b35170a9ecf11e7010b58967102979	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1122 (2021A) — First Responder Interactions Persons With Disabilities

The act establishes the commission on improving first responder interactions with persons with disabilities (commission) in the attorney general's office. The commission is comprised of 12 members appointed by the attorney general, including 2 persons with a disability, 2 parents of a child with a disability, 2 representatives from advocacy organizations, a person from a disability community not otherwise represented on the commission, a representative of a statewide organization of current and former peace officers, a representative of a statewide organization of chiefs of police, a representative of a statewide organization of county sheriffs, a member of the peace officer standards and training board (P.O.S.T. board), and a member of the P.O.S.T. board's curriculum subject matter expert committee.After reviewing the existing Colorado peace officer training and existing available curricula, the commission must recommend to the P.O.S.T. board a curriculum for peace officer training concerning interactions with persons with disabilities. Subject to available appropriations, the P.O.S.T. board must implement the recommended curriculum by July 1, 2022. The commission is required to review implementation of the curriculum and may recommend changes that the P.O.S.T. board may adopt.The commission is repealed on December 31, 2023, but prior to its repeal the attorney general may recommend continuation of the commission.The act requires the fire service training and certification advisory board to advise the director of the division of fire prevention and control on whether to include the commission's curriculum or similar curriculum in the fire service education and training program. The department of public health and environment is required to consider including the commission's curriculum in training for personnel who routinely respond to emergencies.The act makes an appropriation of $39,775 to the department of law for use by the P.O.S.T. board.(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. Amendment L.001 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment L.004 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment L.006 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment L.007 (committee substitute) — source
5. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Engrossed (04/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Final Act (06/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Introduced (02/18/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. PA1 (03/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. PA2 (04/14/2021) (committee substitute) — source
11. PA3 (04/27/2021) (committee substitute) — source
12. Reengrossed (04/19/2021) (committee substitute) — source
13. Rerevised (05/13/2021) (committee substitute) — source
14. Revised (05/12/2021) (committee substitute) — source
15. Signed Act (06/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• REPASS — 49–13 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 53–9 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 29–6 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 53–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chris Kolker — primary (person)
• Colin Larson — primary (person)
• Joann Ginal — primary (person)
• Meg Froelich — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-30T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction
• 2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-18T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6405b17-19be-4421-8faf-1e7f8874af3e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).