republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1136.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Division Retirees Temporary Judicial Duties Compensation"
description: "Under current law, a retired member of the judicial division may perform assigned judicial duties without pay for not less than 60 or 90 days each year. Such a member of the judicial division will receive a benefit increase equal to not less than 20% or more than 30% of the current monthly salary of judges serving in the same position held by the retiree at the time of retirement.The act changes the amount of time that a retired member of the judicial division may perform assigned judicial duties without pay and the amount of a benefit increase such a judge will receive. The act specifies that a retired member of the judicial division may perform assigned judicial duties without pay for 10, 20, 30, 60, or 90 days each year and will receive a benefit increase equal to 3.3%, 6.7%, 10%, 20%, or 30% respectively of the current monthly salary of judges serving in the same position held by the retiree at the time of retirement.Additionally, under current law, within 5 years after retirement, a retired member of the judicial division who did not enter into an agreement prior to retirement to perform assigned judicial duties without pay during retirement may enter into such a written agreement within 30 days prior to each anniversary date of retirement. The act removes this requirement.The act also states that the following retirees from the judicial division are not eligible to perform the assigned judicial duties described above:Retirees who received \"a does not meet performance standards\" or \"do not retain\" recommendation in their last judicial performance evaluation before retirement, either published or unpublished;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1136"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1136 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Kerry Tipper", "Pete Lee", "Terri Carver"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f127acb3-2217-4043-bee2-992495dc8141"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1136"
source_hash: "a4e0976f2f81dcfbb24f721bae73a4f56cdd0c3fae09a00099203bded2fd0de7"
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 21-1136 (2021A) — Judicial Division Retirees Temporary Judicial Duties Compensation

Under current law, a retired member of the judicial division may perform assigned judicial duties without pay for not less than 60 or 90 days each year. Such a member of the judicial division will receive a benefit increase equal to not less than 20% or more than 30% of the current monthly salary of judges serving in the same position held by the retiree at the time of retirement.The act changes the amount of time that a retired member of the judicial division may perform assigned judicial duties without pay and the amount of a benefit increase such a judge will receive. The act specifies that a retired member of the judicial division may perform assigned judicial duties without pay for 10, 20, 30, 60, or 90 days each year and will receive a benefit increase equal to 3.3%, 6.7%, 10%, 20%, or 30% respectively of the current monthly salary of judges serving in the same position held by the retiree at the time of retirement.Additionally, under current law, within 5 years after retirement, a retired member of the judicial division who did not enter into an agreement prior to retirement to perform assigned judicial duties without pay during retirement may enter into such a written agreement within 30 days prior to each anniversary date of retirement. The act removes this requirement.The act also states that the following retirees from the judicial division are not eligible to perform the assigned judicial duties described above:Retirees who received "a does not meet performance standards" or "do not retain" recommendation in their last judicial performance evaluation before retirement, either published or unpublished;

## 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_hb1136_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1136_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1136_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1136_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1136app_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1136_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1136_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1136_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1136_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **52–11** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **29–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `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 with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f127acb3-2217-4043-bee2-992495dc8141`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).