republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1222.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulation Of Family Child Care Homes"
description: "The act requires that family child care homes be classified as residences for purposes of licensure and local regulations, including zoning, land use development, fire and life safety, and building codes. The act also adds a provision stating that whenever the state department of human services reviews and rewrites its rules concerning child care agencies or facilities, it shall seek advice from the department of public safety when such rules relate to specific types of child care agencies or facilities.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1222"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1222 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Valdez", "Faith Winter", "Jim Smallwood", "Kevin Van Winkle"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd6c0403-e037-4ec2-a252-87d17d8a23c2"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1222"
source_hash: "f7baadf9d6ae705a6440976efe767016d916165e8bbfaebc5dd7e9ad0585fcee"
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 21-1222 (2021A) — Regulation Of Family Child Care Homes

The act requires that family child care homes be classified as residences for purposes of licensure and local regulations, including zoning, land use development, fire and life safety, and building codes. The act also adds a provision stating that whenever the state department of human services reviews and rewrites its rules concerning child care agencies or facilities, it shall seek advice from the department of public safety when such rules relate to specific types of child care agencies or facilities.(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_hb1222_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1222_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1222_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1222_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1222ssta_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1222_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1222_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1222_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1222_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **55–6** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **61–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alex Valdez — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd6c0403-e037-4ec2-a252-87d17d8a23c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).