republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1315.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Costs Assessed To Juveniles In The Criminal Justice System"
description: "The act removes the following administrative fees, costs, and surcharges in juvenile delinquency cases that a juvenile or a juvenile's parent or legal guardian must pay:Cost of care, other than costs required pursuant to the federal \"Social Security Act\", for a juvenile sentenced to a placement out of the home or granted probation as a result of an adjudication, deferral of adjudication, or direct filing in or transfer to district court;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1315"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1315 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Julie Gonzales", "Leslie Herod", "Matt Soper"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f5630d6-6d18-44a5-a10a-8fb64495d712"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1315"
source_hash: "2bac252c0247ae52c331153b114dbe02f401379e05cced48f935b8c8c34e10d4"
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 21-1315 (2021A) — Costs Assessed To Juveniles In The Criminal Justice System

The act removes the following administrative fees, costs, and surcharges in juvenile delinquency cases that a juvenile or a juvenile's parent or legal guardian must pay:Cost of care, other than costs required pursuant to the federal "Social Security Act", for a juvenile sentenced to a placement out of the home or granted probation as a result of an adjudication, deferral of adjudication, or direct filing in or transfer to district court;

## 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_hb1315_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1315_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1315_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (05/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1315_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1315jud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1315fin.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1315_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1315_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1315_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1315_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **22–41** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **38–23** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **31–33** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-06T06:00:00+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
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f5630d6-6d18-44a5-a10a-8fb64495d712`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).