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type: "Bill"
title: "Private Construction Contract Payments"
description: "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"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1167"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1167 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Monica Duran", "Perry Will", "Ray Scott"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f62c5b7-ace4-4701-baa5-2751d739a633"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1167"
source_hash: "2fff018d2f0b4cf68c8a8a513248ab8ccaf7711c42a8ebc64c11b4946426c04b"
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 21-1167 (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](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1167_s_blt_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1167_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1167_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1167_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1167_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1167_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1167_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1167_signed.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f62c5b7-ace4-4701-baa5-2751d739a633`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).