republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1181.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural Soil Health Program"
description: "The act creates the Colorado soil health program in the department of agriculture (department), which includes programs to encourage widespread adoption of soil health practices. An entity's participation in the soil health program is voluntary. The department, commissioner of agriculture (commissioner), and state agricultural commission will administer the soil health program.The department shall, if financial resources are available, establish the following:A grant program;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1181"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1181 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleave Simpson", "Faith Winter", "Karen McCormick", "Perry Will"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0161ee7-148c-4d3e-8f16-f760b7026345"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1181"
source_hash: "fa3637da1344271ad2eafc9e883eea69cbbf668c62efc9c03c946b1510a37fe2"
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 21-1181 (2021A) — Agricultural Soil Health Program

The act creates the Colorado soil health program in the department of agriculture (department), which includes programs to encourage widespread adoption of soil health practices. An entity's participation in the soil health program is voluntary. The department, commissioner of agriculture (commissioner), and state agricultural commission will administer the soil health program.The department shall, if financial resources are available, establish the following:A grant program;

## 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_hb1181_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1181_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1181_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1181_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1181alw_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1181app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1181sagr_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1181_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1181_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1181_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1181_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **48–16** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **43–20** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **48–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Karen McCormick — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `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 `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`
- **2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Water `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0161ee7-148c-4d3e-8f16-f760b7026345`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).