republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1151.md

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Bill	Indian Tribes To Certify Own Foster Homes	Current law allows only a county department of human or social services or a child placement agency to certify foster homes. The act updates statute to allow for a federally recognized Indian tribe pursuant to applicable federal law to certify its own foster homes.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1151	Colorado HB 21-1151 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Barbara McLachlan Don Coram Marc Catlin	8	12	2	2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00	2021-05-15T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b613b762-af33-4354-be75-ae9126f6946c	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1151	e2760b8956ece393a88f185afd6a66990f79ff9de85f23647260e84eee424065	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1151 (2021A) — Indian Tribes To Certify Own Foster Homes

Current law allows only a county department of human or social services or a child placement agency to certify foster homes. The act updates statute to allow for a federally recognized Indian tribe pursuant to applicable federal law to certify its own foster homes.(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
2. Engrossed (03/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/11/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (03/29/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (05/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (04/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (05/15/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 63–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
• Don Coram — primary (person)
• Marc Catlin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-15T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government introduction
• 2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b613b762-af33-4354-be75-ae9126f6946c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).