republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1128.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospice And Palliative Care License Plate"
description: "The act creates the hospice and palliative care license plate for vehicles. A person is qualified to be issued the plate if the person makes a donation to a designated nonprofit organization. The person must also make an annual donation to the organization.In addition to the normal fees for a license plate, a person must pay 2 additional one-time fees for the issuance of the plate. One of these fees is credited to the highway users tax fund and the other fee is credited to the licensing services cash fund.To implement the act, $6,907 is appropriated to the department of revenue for use by the division of motor vehicles.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1128"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1128 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Hansen", "Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Faith Winter"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-22T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e2d9cb8-181c-43d3-8e54-c153d440ec2a"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1128"
source_hash: "419079b16006210d4b8f8627cb9a2830e3cfc93a6ba2b4a97cbc02b8fae612e0"
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 21-1128 (2021A) — Hospice And Palliative Care License Plate

The act creates the hospice and palliative care license plate for vehicles. A person is qualified to be issued the plate if the person makes a donation to a designated nonprofit organization. The person must also make an annual donation to the organization.In addition to the normal fees for a license plate, a person must pay 2 additional one-time fees for the issuance of the plate. One of these fees is credited to the highway users tax fund and the other fee is credited to the licensing services cash fund.To implement the act, $6,907 is appropriated to the department of revenue for use by the division of motor vehicles.(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_hb1128_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1128_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1128_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1128_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1128app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1128_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1128_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1128_rv2.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1128_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **48–15** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **32–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `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`
- **2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e2d9cb8-181c-43d3-8e54-c153d440ec2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).