republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1214.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Record Sealing Collateral Consequences Reduction"
description: "Under current law, adults and juveniles can file motions for relief from collateral consequences. The act states that a motion can be filed related to convictions retroactively.The act allows the state public defender and the office of alternate defense counsel to apply for grants and accept gifts and donations for the purposes of representing defendants in record sealing proceedings. The state public defender and the office of the alternate defense counsel shall not accept a gift, grant, or donation if the gift, grant, or donation is conditioned on its use for sealing records for a specific identified individual or individuals. The state public defender and the office of the alternate defense counsel shall report on the receipt and expenditure of gifts, grants, and donations at its SMART act hearing.The act creates an automatic sealing process for arrest records when no criminal charges are filed. For arrest records on or after January 1, 2022, the Colorado bureau of investigation (CBI) shall seal arrest records in its custody and control after a year has passed without the filing of criminal charges. For arrest records before January 1, 2022, CBI shall seal arrest records for:Felonies with a 3-year statute of limitations if 3 years have passed since the date of arrest without the filing of charges; and"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1214"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1214 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Coleman", "Jennifer Bacon", "Mike Weissman", "Pete Lee"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
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/bf7020cd-106c-4c21-a69a-745e50999c4b"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1214"
source_hash: "13a7ff1d159c7f2300808b820d2fc03cbbdffa7adbbdb18c30b73d711efbc7a3"
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 21-1214 (2021A) — Record Sealing Collateral Consequences Reduction

Under current law, adults and juveniles can file motions for relief from collateral consequences. The act states that a motion can be filed related to convictions retroactively.The act allows the state public defender and the office of alternate defense counsel to apply for grants and accept gifts and donations for the purposes of representing defendants in record sealing proceedings. The state public defender and the office of the alternate defense counsel shall not accept a gift, grant, or donation if the gift, grant, or donation is conditioned on its use for sealing records for a specific identified individual or individuals. The state public defender and the office of the alternate defense counsel shall report on the receipt and expenditure of gifts, grants, and donations at its SMART act hearing.The act creates an automatic sealing process for arrest records when no criminal charges are filed. For arrest records on or after January 1, 2022, the Colorado bureau of investigation (CBI) shall seal arrest records in its custody and control after a year has passed without the filing of criminal charges. For arrest records before January 1, 2022, CBI shall seal arrest records for:Felonies with a 3-year statute of limitations if 3 years have passed since the date of arrest without the filing of charges; and

## 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_hb1214_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1214_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1214_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1214_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1214jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1214app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1214_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1214_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1214_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1214_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **44–17** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- PERM — **48–13** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **40–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
- Mike Weissman — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+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
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Finance `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/bf7020cd-106c-4c21-a69a-745e50999c4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).