republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1287.md

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Bill	Marriage Or Civil Union License Procedures	The act authorizes, subject to limitations, a county clerk and recorder to permit the parties to a proposed marriage or civil union to satisfy the requirement to appear before the county clerk and recorder by interactive audiovisual communication technology or online functionality for the purpose of satisfying certain requirements for a marriage license or civil union license.A county clerk and recorder who permits the parties to a proposed marriage or civil union to satisfy certain requirements without appearing in person and staff members who carry out duties on behalf of the county clerk and recorder shall complete training developed by the human trafficking council concerning human trafficking in Colorado.The act repeals the option of using these procedures effective December 31, 2023.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1287	Colorado HB 21-1287 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Julie Gonzales Matt Soper Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez	9	12	2	2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00	2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ef754373-ca88-4f1e-ac7f-8dcda056922e	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1287	86d1b22b8d4351cda9141f9dee85958591ccbf8b7b042323c6b9d5c8f513ee48	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1287 (2021A) — Marriage Or Civil Union License Procedures

The act authorizes, subject to limitations, a county clerk and recorder to permit the parties to a proposed marriage or civil union to satisfy the requirement to appear before the county clerk and recorder by interactive audiovisual communication technology or online functionality for the purpose of satisfying certain requirements for a marriage license or civil union license.A county clerk and recorder who permits the parties to a proposed marriage or civil union to satisfy certain requirements without appearing in person and staff members who carry out duties on behalf of the county clerk and recorder shall complete training developed by the human trafficking council concerning human trafficking in Colorado.The act repeals the option of using these procedures effective December 31, 2023.(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
2. Engrossed (05/10/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/21/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (05/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (05/11/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/21/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (05/20/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/18/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 43–20 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
• Matt Soper — primary (person)
• Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-06-16T06:00:00+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 Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef754373-ca88-4f1e-ac7f-8dcda056922e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).