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type: "Bill"
title: "Regulation Of Restrictive Housing In Jails"
description: "Beginning July 1, 2022, the act prohibits a local jail with a bed capacity of over 400 beds from involuntarily placing an individual in restrictive housing if the individual meets any one of the following conditions:The individual is diagnosed with a serious mental illness or is exhibiting grossly abnormal and irrational behaviors or breaks with reality or perceptions of reality indicating the presence of a serious mental illness;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1211"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1211 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Amabile", "Pete Lee"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8a53db5-9458-4e57-ba15-a94ddd01d0fe"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1211"
source_hash: "2aca618bccd117e71380c20955822a72c2d9f786d9e8ffc68112ed3f60a628fb"
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 21-1211 (2021A) — Regulation Of Restrictive Housing In Jails
Beginning July 1, 2022, the act prohibits a local jail with a bed capacity of over 400 beds from involuntarily placing an individual in restrictive housing if the individual meets any one of the following conditions:The individual is diagnosed with a serious mental illness or is exhibiting grossly abnormal and irrational behaviors or breaks with reality or perceptions of reality indicating the presence of a serious mental illness;
## 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_hb1211_s_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1211_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1211_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1211_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1211jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1211sjud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1211_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1211_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1211_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1211_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **40–25** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **39–23** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **39–23** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05T07:00:00+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/b8a53db5-9458-4e57-ba15-a94ddd01d0fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).