republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1235.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulation Of Fireworks"
description: "The act clarifies that it is unlawful for a person who is licensed as a retailer, display retailer, wholesaler, or exporter of fireworks to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, possess with intent to sell, deliver, consign, give, or otherwise furnish fireworks outside the scope of what the license permits.The act amends requirements for an exporter to sell certain fireworks for transport in the purchaser's vehicle so that it is unlawful unless the purchaser displays to the exporter a valid motor vehicle driver's license and a valid wholesale, retail, or resale license number issued by a state or local authority located outside of Colorado. The exporter is required to record the motor vehicle driver's license number and the wholesale, retail, or resale license number.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1235"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1235 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adrienne Benavidez", "Shannon Bird", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f641ee02-0a7f-405a-9a00-843023d01d0c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1235"
source_hash: "93a7c46f279e3e4a33e0505e470fb453647d09b8bac23da5cd17c47cf336ba70"
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 21-1235 (2021A) — Regulation Of Fireworks

The act clarifies that it is unlawful for a person who is licensed as a retailer, display retailer, wholesaler, or exporter of fireworks to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, possess with intent to sell, deliver, consign, give, or otherwise furnish fireworks outside the scope of what the license permits.The act amends requirements for an exporter to sell certain fireworks for transport in the purchaser's vehicle so that it is unlawful unless the purchaser displays to the exporter a valid motor vehicle driver's license and a valid wholesale, retail, or resale license number issued by a state or local authority located outside of Colorado. The exporter is required to record the motor vehicle driver's license number and the wholesale, retail, or resale license number.(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_hb1235_s_blt_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1235_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1235_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1235_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1235sblt_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1235_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1235_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1235_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1235_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **20–13** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **36–25** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **40–23** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **39–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adrienne Benavidez — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 05/10/2021 - No Amendments
- **2021-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 05/05/2021 - No Amendments
- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f641ee02-0a7f-405a-9a00-843023d01d0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).