republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-069.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "License Plate Expiration On Change Of Ownership"
description: "The act specifies that:The license plates of a motor vehicle that is Class C personal property for purposes of the laws governing the levying of specific ownership tax and registration of vehicles expire upon the transfer of the owner's title or interest in the motor vehicle; except that the license plates do not expire if the motor vehicle has personalized number plates or plates with a valuable registration number that has been reserved for use under the \"Laura Hershey Disability Support Act\" (LHDSA);"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-069"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-069 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Valdez", "David Ortiz", "Kevin Priola"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed4670e9-9ac3-4b5c-8c48-2b0da2fb2257"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-069"
source_hash: "df7e39c272d565eb9a0404cab0d226d46a232f72c39f69ab4b6876cd62776033"
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 21-069 (2021A) — License Plate Expiration On Change Of Ownership

The act specifies that:The license plates of a motor vehicle that is Class C personal property for purposes of the laws governing the levying of specific ownership tax and registration of vehicles expire upon the transfer of the owner's title or interest in the motor vehicle; except that the license plates do not expire if the motor vehicle has personalized number plates or plates with a valuable registration number that has been reserved for use under the "Laura Hershey Disability Support Act" (LHDSA);

## 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_sb069_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_069_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_069_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_069_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_stra_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_069strafin.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_069strafinapp.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_069_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_069_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_069_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (07/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_069_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **45–18** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **26–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alex Valdez — primary (person)
- David Ortiz — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government `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 `reading-2`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed4670e9-9ac3-4b5c-8c48-2b0da2fb2257`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).