republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-035.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restrictions On Third-party Food Delivery Services"
description: "The act prohibits a third-party food delivery service from taking and arranging for the delivery or pickup of an order from a retail food establishment, other than grocery and convenience stores, without the retail food establishment's consent. A retail food establishment may bring an action against a third-party food delivery service that violates the act for damages, a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 per violation, and injunctive relief, and the prevailing party in such action is entitled to reasonable attorney fees.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-035"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-035 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Rodriguez", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6486f72-17c9-4923-bfbc-6e329ba22346"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-035"
source_hash: "2d61f0b321134c05b41b8f099ca705229991ac200ffa06d075257221e99f6810"
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 21-035 (2021A) — Restrictions On Third-party Food Delivery Services

The act prohibits a third-party food delivery service from taking and arranging for the delivery or pickup of an order from a retail food establishment, other than grocery and convenience stores, without the retail food establishment's consent. A retail food establishment may bring an action against a third-party food delivery service that violates the act for damages, a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 per violation, and injunctive relief, and the prevailing party in such action is entitled to reasonable attorney fees.(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_sb035_h_bus_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_035_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_035_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_035_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_035sblt_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_035_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_035_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_035_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_035_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **42–21** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **29–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6486f72-17c9-4923-bfbc-6e329ba22346`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).