republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1167.md

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Bill	Private Construction Contract Payments	The act prohibits a property owner from withholding from a contractor more than 5% of the price of completed work to ensure the work is satisfactorily completed. The contractor and subcontractors are also prohibited from withholding more than 5% from subcontractors and suppliers. The act also clarifies that these prohibitions do not apply to other types of contractual conditions made before payment is due.The contract may require lien waivers to be executed before payment is made.The act applies to:A contract between a property owner and a contractor that has a price of at least $150,000; and	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1167	Colorado HB 21-1167 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Julie Gonzales Monica Duran Perry Will Ray Scott	8	13	2	2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00	2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/4f62c5b7-ace4-4701-baa5-2751d739a633	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1167	2fff018d2f0b4cf68c8a8a513248ab8ccaf7711c42a8ebc64c11b4946426c04b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1167 (2021A) — Private Construction Contract Payments

The act prohibits a property owner from withholding from a contractor more than 5% of the price of completed work to ensure the work is satisfactorily completed. The contractor and subcontractors are also prohibited from withholding more than 5% from subcontractors and suppliers. The act also clarifies that these prohibitions do not apply to other types of contractual conditions made before payment is due.The contract may require lien waivers to be executed before payment is made.The act applies to:A contract between a property owner and a contractor that has a price of at least $150,000; and

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/11/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (03/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (04/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (04/29/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (05/17/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 25–10 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 52–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
• Monica Duran — primary (person)
• Perry Will — primary (person)
• Ray Scott — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-17T06:00:00+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
• 2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology introduction
• 2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-03-18T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f62c5b7-ace4-4701-baa5-2751d739a633. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).