republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1145.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Support Pollinator Special License Plate"
description: "The act creates the support pollinators license plate for vehicles. A person qualifies for issuance of the plate if the person makes a donation to a designated nonprofit organization that supports pollinators. The organization must meet specified criteria, including having existed for at least 5 years, and use the donation for pollination programs and education.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.For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $22,544 to the department of revenue for use by the division of motor vehicles to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1145"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1145 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cathy Kipp", "Cleave Simpson", "Matt Soper", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c211b141-75c6-46f5-9cb8-99862ff7f602"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1145"
source_hash: "5ede71fe628ff3f19928bbf91eefead4c26710dd8d6197c777170122b7d7d1ed"
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 21-1145 (2021A) — Support Pollinator Special License Plate

The act creates the support pollinators license plate for vehicles. A person qualifies for issuance of the plate if the person makes a donation to a designated nonprofit organization that supports pollinators. The organization must meet specified criteria, including having existed for at least 5 years, and use the donation for pollination programs and education.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.For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $22,544 to the department of revenue for use by the division of motor vehicles to implement the act.(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_hb1145_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1145_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1145_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1145_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1145ene_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1145app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1145_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1145_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1145_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1145_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **47–16** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **32–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+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
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+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`
- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment + Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c211b141-75c6-46f5-9cb8-99862ff7f602`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).