republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1265.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Qualified Retailer Retain Sales Tax For Assistance"
description: "The act continues for June 2021, July 2021, and August 2021 a temporary deduction from state net taxable sales for qualifying retailers in the alcoholic beverages drinking places industry, the restaurant and other eating places industry, and the mobile food services industry in the state in order to allow such qualified retailers to retain the resulting sales tax collected as assistance for lost revenue as a result of the economic disruptions due to the presence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Colorado.The act also expands the definition of qualifying retailers to include those in the catering industry, the food service contractors industry, and the hotel-operated restaurant, bar, or catering service.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1265"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1265 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Kevin Van Winkle", "Kyle Mullica", "Rob Woodward"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84d9a959-2301-4332-963a-d56fb4fd6ed4"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1265"
source_hash: "74e366043ed50b5fc7cc8956890d93fa36df8e2416f28f6347da68dd81611830"
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 21-1265 (2021A) — Qualified Retailer Retain Sales Tax For Assistance

The act continues for June 2021, July 2021, and August 2021 a temporary deduction from state net taxable sales for qualifying retailers in the alcoholic beverages drinking places industry, the restaurant and other eating places industry, and the mobile food services industry in the state in order to allow such qualified retailers to retain the resulting sales tax collected as assistance for lost revenue as a result of the economic disruptions due to the presence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Colorado.The act also expands the definition of qualifying retailers to include those in the catering industry, the food service contractors industry, and the hotel-operated restaurant, bar, or catering service.(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_hb1265_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1265_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1265_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1265_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1265fin_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1265app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1265_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1265_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1265_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1265_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
- Rob Woodward — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84d9a959-2301-4332-963a-d56fb4fd6ed4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).