republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-018.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continuation Of Necessary Document Program"
description: "The act continues the necessary document program (program) indefinitely. Beginning January 1, 2032, and each 5 years thereafter, the department of public health and environment shall report to the general assembly the total number of necessary documents acquired on an annual basis and any significant technological changes or other developments that affect the need for, or operation of, the program.The act appropriates $250,000 to the department of public health and environment for use by the office of health equity to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-018"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-018 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daneya Esgar", "Dominick Moreno"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c9bf1dc-d1fa-4410-af88-d29d8acbd30d"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-018"
source_hash: "d820ce2ebaf81dab91dd22da6947943972932d2957f5d9a00911c18b9cbb7696"
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 21-018 (2021A) — Continuation Of Necessary Document Program

The act continues the necessary document program (program) indefinitely. Beginning January 1, 2032, and each 5 years thereafter, the department of public health and environment shall report to the general assembly the total number of necessary documents acquired on an annual basis and any significant technological changes or other developments that affect the need for, or operation of, the program.The act appropriates $250,000 to the department of public health and environment for use by the office of health equity to implement the act.(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_sb018_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_018_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_018_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_018_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_018sapp_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_018app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_018_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_018_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_018_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_018_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **28–4** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **44–20** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **31–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c9bf1dc-d1fa-4410-af88-d29d8acbd30d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).