republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1242.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create Agricultural Drought And Climate Resilience Office"
description: "The act creates in the department of agriculture the agricultural drought and climate resilience office (office). The office may provide voluntary technical assistance, nonregulatory programs, and incentives that increase the ability to anticipate, prepare for, mitigate, adapt to, and respond to hazardous events, trends, or disturbances related to drought or the climate. The commissioner of agriculture shall appoint the head of the office and may adopt rules necessary for the office's administration after convening a stakeholder group.Except for a program or support administered by the office to address immediate needs as a result of disaster, including wildfire and drought, or a program that was in existence on January 1, 2021:A program administered by the office must be designed to benefit bona fide agricultural producers actively engaged in agriculture;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1242"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1242 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Kerry Donovan"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c91ef74-b8fc-42fe-81fe-a7e4b5b47bc2"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1242"
source_hash: "5593fef6e3728df89f80ce38ef0e3beeee0aed2c83c6bbdeaf1aed80d7023945"
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 21-1242 (2021A) — Create Agricultural Drought And Climate Resilience Office

The act creates in the department of agriculture the agricultural drought and climate resilience office (office). The office may provide voluntary technical assistance, nonregulatory programs, and incentives that increase the ability to anticipate, prepare for, mitigate, adapt to, and respond to hazardous events, trends, or disturbances related to drought or the climate. The commissioner of agriculture shall appoint the head of the office and may adopt rules necessary for the office's administration after convening a stakeholder group.Except for a program or support administered by the office to address immediate needs as a result of disaster, including wildfire and drought, or a program that was in existence on January 1, 2021:A program administered by the office must be designed to benefit bona fide agricultural producers actively engaged in agriculture;

## 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_hb1242_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1242_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1242_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1242_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1242alw_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1242sagr_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1242sagrapp.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1242_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1242_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1242_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1242_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **41–23** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **46–18** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **40–23** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **25–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+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
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 04/21/2021 - No Amendments
- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Water `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c91ef74-b8fc-42fe-81fe-a7e4b5b47bc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).