republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1208.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Disaster Mitigation Enterprise"
description: "The act creates the natural disaster mitigation enterprise (enterprise). The enterprise is governed by a board of directors, imposes a fee on insurance companies that offer certain insurance policies or contracts, and uses the fee revenue to finance the natural disaster mitigation grant program and provide local governments technical assistance on natural disaster mitigation. The enterprise awards natural disaster mitigation grants to assist in the implementation of resilience and natural disaster mitigation measures and to assist entities that apply for federal grants that require matching funds and are dedicated to assisting in the implementation of pre-disaster natural disaster mitigation measures.Beginning July 1, 2023, the enterprise collects the fee annually from insurers that offer certain policies or contracts. For an insurer, the fee is equal to $2 multiplied by the number of certain policies or contracts of insurance held by the insurer that cover property or risks in the state. These policies include:Fire;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1208"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1208 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faith Winter", "Kevin Priola", "Lisa Cutter", "Matt Gray"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcad797d-28a7-42c0-a6cd-9ebf47e213ab"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1208"
source_hash: "6e8678734f82b1000c974d7c8aae6008c4d6bb6fd73ab75cc91055fd47d85a1f"
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 21-1208 (2021A) — Natural Disaster Mitigation Enterprise

The act creates the natural disaster mitigation enterprise (enterprise). The enterprise is governed by a board of directors, imposes a fee on insurance companies that offer certain insurance policies or contracts, and uses the fee revenue to finance the natural disaster mitigation grant program and provide local governments technical assistance on natural disaster mitigation. The enterprise awards natural disaster mitigation grants to assist in the implementation of resilience and natural disaster mitigation measures and to assist entities that apply for federal grants that require matching funds and are dedicated to assisting in the implementation of pre-disaster natural disaster mitigation measures.Beginning July 1, 2023, the enterprise collects the fee annually from insurers that offer certain policies or contracts. For an insurer, the fee is equal to $2 multiplied by the number of certain policies or contracts of insurance held by the insurer that cover property or risks in the state. These policies include:Fire;

## 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_hb1208_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1208_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1208_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1208_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1208ene_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1208fin.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1208app.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1208sfin_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (05/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1208_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1208_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1208_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (07/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1208_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **41–23** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **38–24** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **41–23** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Matt Gray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment + Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcad797d-28a7-42c0-a6cd-9ebf47e213ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).