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type: "Bill"
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title: "Additional Liability Under Respondeat Superior"
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description: "The act allows a plaintiff to assert direct negligence claims against an employer or principal arising out of the same incident in which the employer or principal admits liability for the tortious actions of its employee or agent.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2021A"
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identifier: "HB 21-1188"
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citation: "Colorado HB 21-1188 (2021A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kennedy", "Julie Gonzales"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e54f3e2-0818-4474-9b39-bf0138633bc8"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1188"
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source_hash: "28cf74d7ab1d1fa2e49729916da14470fcc51a964caadc91bad37903560bed34"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 21-1188 (2021A) — Additional Liability Under Respondeat Superior
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The act allows a plaintiff to assert direct negligence claims against an employer or principal arising out of the same incident in which the employer or principal admits liability for the tortious actions of its employee or agent.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1188_s_jud_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1188_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1188_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (03/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1188_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (03/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1188_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (04/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1188_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1188_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (05/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1188_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **40–23** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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- **2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e54f3e2-0818-4474-9b39-bf0138633bc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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