republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-064.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retaliation Against An Elected Official"
description: "Under current law, there is a crime of retaliation against a judge if an individual makes a credible threat or commits an act of harassment or an act of harm or injury upon a person or property as retaliation or retribution against a judge. The act creates a similar crime of retaliation against an elected official if an individual knowingly makes a credible threat as retaliation or retribution against an elected official or the official's family or arising out of the status of the person as an elected official. Retaliation against an elected official is a class 6 felony.The act makes following appropriations from the general fund to the department of corrections to comply with the 5-year corrections appropriation requirement:For fiscal year 2022-23, $16,279;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-064"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-064 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Cooke", "Kyle Mullica", "Leroy Garcia"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39b87c01-9b2b-4df1-95af-492cab625576"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-064"
source_hash: "86d334c5a2025ed62f822fd98d939985ff1f72f9ef89512c22ddf09464029f42"
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 21-064 (2021A) — Retaliation Against An Elected Official

Under current law, there is a crime of retaliation against a judge if an individual makes a credible threat or commits an act of harassment or an act of harm or injury upon a person or property as retaliation or retribution against a judge. The act creates a similar crime of retaliation against an elected official if an individual knowingly makes a credible threat as retaliation or retribution against an elected official or the official's family or arising out of the status of the person as an elected official. Retaliation against an elected official is a class 6 felony.The act makes following appropriations from the general fund to the department of corrections to comply with the 5-year corrections appropriation requirement:For fiscal year 2022-23, $16,279;

## 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_sb064_h_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_064_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_064_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_064_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_064sjud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_064sjudsapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_064jud_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_064app.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_064_rn4.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_064_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_064_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_064_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **44–20** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **32–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
- Leroy Garcia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary + Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39b87c01-9b2b-4df1-95af-492cab625576`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).