republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1283.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Towing Consumer Protection"
description: "The act requires the department of regulatory agencies (department) to conduct a sunset review of the public utilities commission's (commission) regulation of towing carriers in 2025 and changes the department's sunset review of the towing task force (task force) from 2024 to 2025. As part of its sunset review of the commission's regulation of towing carriers, the department must review complaints against towing carriers and whether the towing industry and consumers would benefit from dispute resolution of complaints.The act adds 5 members to the task force to represent:Mobile home owners in the state;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1283"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1283 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edie Hooton", "Naquetta Ricks", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c35ae6cf-90b5-4c42-95d0-47c2e9782b2e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1283"
source_hash: "a550d2009fe2e46ff2be7b6c8b0905d42b72f064dcebc975377366f44740f443"
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 21-1283 (2021A) — Vehicle Towing Consumer Protection

The act requires the department of regulatory agencies (department) to conduct a sunset review of the public utilities commission's (commission) regulation of towing carriers in 2025 and changes the department's sunset review of the towing task force (task force) from 2024 to 2025. As part of its sunset review of the commission's regulation of towing carriers, the department must review complaints against towing carriers and whether the towing industry and consumers would benefit from dispute resolution of complaints.The act adds 5 members to the task force to represent:Mobile home owners in the state;

## 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_hb1283_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1283_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1283_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1283_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1283bus_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1283sapp_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1283_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1283_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1283_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1283_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **22–12** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **43–22** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **41–24** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **40–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edie Hooton — primary (person)
- Naquetta Ricks — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c35ae6cf-90b5-4c42-95d0-47c2e9782b2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).