republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-006.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Remains Natural Reduction Soil"
description: "The act authorizes human remains to be converted to soil using a container that accelerates the process of biological decomposition, also known as \"natural reduction\". Natural reduction is added to the statutes that regulate funeral establishments, and this addition will result in the regulation of the natural reduction process. But the definitions of \"cremation\" and \"mortuary science practitioner\" are amended so that a practitioner of natural reduction is not regulated as a cremationist or mortuary science practitioner.The act allows the disposal of abandoned naturally reduced remains if the remains are not claimed within 180 days after natural reduction.The act prohibits the following when done in the course of business:Selling or offering to sell the soil;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-006"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-006 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brianna Titone", "Matt Soper", "Robert Rodriguez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98cbceae-d55f-4e0e-b3fd-8e3fefbe1cd6"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-006"
source_hash: "364376237e9136027ca5191d8cfa776282a560ea53cac74ccc49471b9807f580"
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 SB 21-006 (2021A) — Human Remains Natural Reduction Soil

The act authorizes human remains to be converted to soil using a container that accelerates the process of biological decomposition, also known as "natural reduction". Natural reduction is added to the statutes that regulate funeral establishments, and this addition will result in the regulation of the natural reduction process. But the definitions of "cremation" and "mortuary science practitioner" are amended so that a practitioner of natural reduction is not regulated as a cremationist or mortuary science practitioner.The act allows the disposal of abandoned naturally reduced remains if the remains are not claimed within 180 days after natural reduction.The act prohibits the following when done in the course of business:Selling or offering to sell the soil;

## 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_sb006_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_006_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_006_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_006_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_006_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_006_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_006_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_006_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **45–18** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brianna Titone — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`
- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2021-03-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98cbceae-d55f-4e0e-b3fd-8e3fefbe1cd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).