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type: "Bill"
title: "On-track Equipment Railroad Crossings"
description: "Colorado law requires a driver or operator of certain types of motor vehicles or equipment to, in certain circumstances, stop at a railroad crossing at a safe place, look for trains at the crossing, proceed safely through the crossing, not block the train's crossing, and obey signals. The act amends these safety provisions to apply to, in addition to trains, any equipment that operates on railroad tracks.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1245"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1245 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Hisey", "Joann Ginal", "Tom Sullivan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33a8716f-8e56-4a18-b341-331bccb782a9"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1245"
source_hash: "d2f060e8572b912aa91c0cd30e9e091ed871cdb305b1fc9c69e4760ab1ad6ea6"
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 21-1245 (2021A) — On-track Equipment Railroad Crossings
Colorado law requires a driver or operator of certain types of motor vehicles or equipment to, in certain circumstances, stop at a railroad crossing at a safe place, look for trains at the crossing, proceed safely through the crossing, not block the train's crossing, and obey signals. The act amends these safety provisions to apply to, in addition to trains, any equipment that operates on railroad tracks.(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_hb1245_s_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1245_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1245_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1245_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1245_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1245_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1245_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1245_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **57–8** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Tom Sullivan — 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
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24T06:00:00+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/33a8716f-8e56-4a18-b341-331bccb782a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).