republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1286.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy Performance For Buildings"
description: "Section 1 of the act requires owners of certain large buildings (covered buildings), on an annual basis, to collect and report to the Colorado energy office (office) the covered building's energy use. The act establishes a process requiring certain electric and gas utilities to provide energy-use data to a covered building owner when requested by the covered building owner.On or before October 1, 2021, the director of the office is required to appoint and convene a task force consisting of various building owners, building professionals, utility representatives, and local government representatives to recommend performance standards for adoption as rules by the air quality control commission (commission). The performance standards set forth in rule would need to achieve a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of 7% by 2026 compared to 2021 levels as reported in energy benchmarking data and by 20% by 2030 compared to 2021 levels. The performance standards adopted must include a provision that an owner of a public building need only comply with the performance standards with regard to certain types of construction or renovation projects and only if the construction or renovation project has an estimated cost of at least $500,000. Covered building owners would then need to demonstrate their compliance with the performance standards set forth in the commission's rules. The commission is also required to adopt rules regarding the issuance of waivers and extensions of time for performance standard compliance. The commission may adopt additional rules, as the commission deems necessary, to modify or continue the performance standards.Section 2 authorizes the office to use the energy fund to help finance its work to administer the benchmarking and performance standard program described in section 1 (program).Section 3 requires the office to administer the program and assist covered building owners with the reporting requirements set forth in section 1 by:Creating a database of covered buildings and owners required to comply with section 1;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1286"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1286 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Valdez", "Brittany Pettersen", "Cathy Kipp", "Kevin Priola"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 18
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b230352-79ac-4bb8-8996-61270047b54a"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1286"
source_hash: "3075f81ff9d4b20c3210b184ce0d630d84fa78da526faa36f830a37cfaa350c1"
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 21-1286 (2021A) — Energy Performance For Buildings

Section 1 of the act requires owners of certain large buildings (covered buildings), on an annual basis, to collect and report to the Colorado energy office (office) the covered building's energy use. The act establishes a process requiring certain electric and gas utilities to provide energy-use data to a covered building owner when requested by the covered building owner.On or before October 1, 2021, the director of the office is required to appoint and convene a task force consisting of various building owners, building professionals, utility representatives, and local government representatives to recommend performance standards for adoption as rules by the air quality control commission (commission). The performance standards set forth in rule would need to achieve a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of 7% by 2026 compared to 2021 levels as reported in energy benchmarking data and by 20% by 2030 compared to 2021 levels. The performance standards adopted must include a provision that an owner of a public building need only comply with the performance standards with regard to certain types of construction or renovation projects and only if the construction or renovation project has an estimated cost of at least $500,000. Covered building owners would then need to demonstrate their compliance with the performance standards set forth in the commission's rules. The commission is also required to adopt rules regarding the issuance of waivers and extensions of time for performance standard compliance. The commission may adopt additional rules, as the commission deems necessary, to modify or continue the performance standards.Section 2 authorizes the office to use the energy fund to help finance its work to administer the benchmarking and performance standard program described in section 1 (program).Section 3 requires the office to administer the program and assist covered building owners with the reporting requirements set forth in section 1 by:Creating a database of covered buildings and owners required to comply with section 1;

## 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_hb1286_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1286_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1286_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1286_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1286ene_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1286fin.pdf)
7. **PA3 (06/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1286sfin_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1286_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (06/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1286_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (06/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1286_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1286_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **24–41** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **41–24** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **41–24** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **26–39** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **28–37** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **24–41** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **25–38** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **40–25** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alex Valdez — primary (person)
- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+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
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b230352-79ac-4bb8-8996-61270047b54a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).