republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1318.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create Outdoor Equity Grant Program"
description: "The act establishes an outdoor equity board (board) in the division of parks and wildlife. The board is responsible for the governance of the outdoor equity grant program (grant program), which is created in the act. The purpose of the outdoor equity grant program is to increase access and opportunity for underserved youth and their families to experience Colorado's open spaces, state parks, public lands, and other outdoor areas.The act specifies that the board may award grants to applicants that will directly utilize the grant to engage eligible youth and their families by reducing barriers to the Colorado outdoors, creating pathways for formal or informal conservation of the Colorado outdoors, or offering environmental and Colorado outdoor-based educational opportunities.The act funds the grant program through a redistribution of lottery money that is earmarked for the general fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1318"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1318 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Ortiz", "Leroy Garcia", "Leslie Herod", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92148c44-01d2-4123-89a2-f0331b236fbf"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1318"
source_hash: "6d82f0c462cb3f1124154ed446e15654c929e9f9fc99883afbeef014df4db084"
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 21-1318 (2021A) — Create Outdoor Equity Grant Program

The act establishes an outdoor equity board (board) in the division of parks and wildlife. The board is responsible for the governance of the outdoor equity grant program (grant program), which is created in the act. The purpose of the outdoor equity grant program is to increase access and opportunity for underserved youth and their families to experience Colorado's open spaces, state parks, public lands, and other outdoor areas.The act specifies that the board may award grants to applicants that will directly utilize the grant to engage eligible youth and their families by reducing barriers to the Colorado outdoors, creating pathways for formal or informal conservation of the Colorado outdoors, or offering environmental and Colorado outdoor-based educational opportunities.The act funds the grant program through a redistribution of lottery money that is earmarked for the general fund.(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_hb1318_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1318_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1318_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (05/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1318_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1318ene_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1318app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1318_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1318_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1318_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1318_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **43–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Ortiz — primary (person)
- Leroy Garcia — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+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/92148c44-01d2-4123-89a2-f0331b236fbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).