republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1215.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expansion Of Justice Crime Prevention Initiative"
description: "The justice reinvestment crime prevention initiative (initiative), administered by the Colorado department of local affairs in the division of local government (department), incorporates programs that expand small business lending and provide grants aimed at reducing crime and promoting community development in certain target communities. Effective September 1, 2021, the act:Expands the initiative to include Grand Junction and Trinidad; and"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1215"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1215 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Ortiz", "Dennis Hisey", "Pete Lee", "Richard Holtorf"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2c5ac80-cd1d-476f-bf9d-77e1de2be710"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1215"
source_hash: "e9bbf66b721bf222f8b495c263155d234f598563811682d974ca31806bcee503"
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 21-1215 (2021A) — Expansion Of Justice Crime Prevention Initiative

The justice reinvestment crime prevention initiative (initiative), administered by the Colorado department of local affairs in the division of local government (department), incorporates programs that expand small business lending and provide grants aimed at reducing crime and promoting community development in certain target communities. Effective September 1, 2021, the act:Expands the initiative to include Grand Junction and Trinidad; 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_hb1215_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1215_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1215_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1215_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1215jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1215sjud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1215_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1215_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1215_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1215_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **42–20** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **42–20** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **43–21** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **28–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Ortiz — primary (person)
- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)
- Richard Holtorf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-11T06:00:00+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`
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+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, Floor
- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `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/c2c5ac80-cd1d-476f-bf9d-77e1de2be710`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).