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type: "Bill"
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title: "United States Space Force"
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description: "The act authorizes the Space National Guard to be added to provisions in statute that mention the Army National Guard and Air National Guard. The federal government is likely to create the Space National Guard in the \"FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act\". Implementing the Space National Guard in existing statute now will allow the Air National Guard space units to transition to the Space National Guard once the federal government establishes the Space National Guard.The act also adds \"Space Force\" to provisions in statute that list the branches of the armed forces: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and the Coast Guard.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2021A"
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identifier: "HB 21-1231"
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citation: "Colorado HB 21-1231 (2021A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Ortiz", "Jeff Bridges", "Mike Lynch", "Rhonda Fields"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-18T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65906da6-c9ee-4208-acb9-9a4a6bf6a087"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1231"
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source_hash: "9a486eb8695561f81681439a209732cd9587b29658d57e649424ddf31291b853"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 21-1231 (2021A) — United States Space Force
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The act authorizes the Space National Guard to be added to provisions in statute that mention the Army National Guard and Air National Guard. The federal government is likely to create the Space National Guard in the "FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act". Implementing the Space National Guard in existing statute now will allow the Air National Guard space units to transition to the Space National Guard once the federal government establishes the Space National Guard.The act also adds "Space Force" to provisions in statute that list the branches of the armed forces: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and the Coast Guard.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1231_s_sa_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1231_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1231_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (03/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1231_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (04/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1231_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (05/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1231_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (04/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1231_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1231_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David Ortiz — primary (person)
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- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
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- Mike Lynch — primary (person)
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- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2021-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
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- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65906da6-c9ee-4208-acb9-9a4a6bf6a087`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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