republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1194.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Immigration Legal Defense Fund"
description: "The act creates the immigration legal defense fund (fund). The department of labor and employment, as the administrator, awards grants from the fund to qualifying nonprofit organizations (organizations) that provide legal advice, counseling, and representation for, and on behalf of, indigent clients who are subject to an immigration proceeding. The act lists permissible uses of grant money awarded from the fund.Organizations that receive a grant from the fund are required to report to the administrator certain information about persons served and services provided by the organization.For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $100,000 to the immigration legal defense fund from the general fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1194"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1194 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Kerry Tipper", "Naquetta Ricks"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/117d1cb7-324b-4a2c-8364-2ac29203972e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1194"
source_hash: "883812c1ae589e43ce79e2f1f2340e708b8f8e2caa4fb2f38709b7f789ec2566"
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 21-1194 (2021A) — Immigration Legal Defense Fund

The act creates the immigration legal defense fund (fund). The department of labor and employment, as the administrator, awards grants from the fund to qualifying nonprofit organizations (organizations) that provide legal advice, counseling, and representation for, and on behalf of, indigent clients who are subject to an immigration proceeding. The act lists permissible uses of grant money awarded from the fund.Organizations that receive a grant from the fund are required to report to the administrator certain information about persons served and services provided by the organization.For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $100,000 to the immigration legal defense fund from the general fund.(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](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1194_s_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1194_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1194_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1194_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1194jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1194app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1194sjud_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1194_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1194_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (06/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1194_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1194_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **41–24** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **40–24** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **41–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)
- Naquetta Ricks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/117d1cb7-324b-4a2c-8364-2ac29203972e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).