republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1126.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Architect Authority Execute Certain Leases"
description: "House Bill 14-1387, enacted in 2014, inadvertently removed, through the use of the definition of \"real property\", the authority of the department of personnel (department) to negotiate and execute leases for state use of privately owned property, including land, office space, buildings, and special use interests. This eliminated a decades-old policy for the department to serve as the central authority to assist state agencies and state institutions of higher education to lease needed office space and other property interests. The department has been operating under custom and practice to keep negotiating and executing such leases since House Bill 14-1387 was enacted.The act officially reinstates this authority to the office of the state architect in the department, which houses the real estate program. The real estate program is the program responsible for centralized leasing.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1126"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1126 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edie Hooton", "Janice Rich", "Jerry Sonnenberg", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-19T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a554e4e-2173-4081-bf9c-3023f9de0d2f"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1126"
source_hash: "0ebf004b66c08740dbb739510287115cc2313190013b0b3e22ac3ce3a98c332d"
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 21-1126 (2021A) — State Architect Authority Execute Certain Leases

House Bill 14-1387, enacted in 2014, inadvertently removed, through the use of the definition of "real property", the authority of the department of personnel (department) to negotiate and execute leases for state use of privately owned property, including land, office space, buildings, and special use interests. This eliminated a decades-old policy for the department to serve as the central authority to assist state agencies and state institutions of higher education to lease needed office space and other property interests. The department has been operating under custom and practice to keep negotiating and executing such leases since House Bill 14-1387 was enacted.The act officially reinstates this authority to the office of the state architect in the department, which houses the real estate program. The real estate program is the program responsible for centralized leasing.(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_hb1126_s_fin_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1126_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1126_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1126_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1126_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1126_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1126_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1126_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **61–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edie Hooton — primary (person)
- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- Jerry Sonnenberg — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a554e4e-2173-4081-bf9c-3023f9de0d2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).