republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-071.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limit The Detention Of Juveniles"
description: "The act prohibits the imposition of secured monetary or property conditions on a bond for juveniles charged with or accused of committing a delinquent act.The act reduces the juvenile detention bed cap from 327 beds to 215 beds beginning in fiscal year 2021-22.The act adds members and responsibilities to the existing statutory working group for criteria for placement of juvenile offenders. The working group's responsibilities include examining available alternatives to youth detention, the use of detention beds, and examining necessary investments in alternatives to youth detention.The act decreases appropriations made in the annual general appropriation act for the 2021-22 state fiscal year to the department of human services.The act makes the following appropriations to the department of human services:$202,541 for use by the office of information and technology;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-071"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-071 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Boesenecker", "Janet Buckner", "Lindsey Daugherty"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/020ef7f5-3cb2-4dc9-b8ef-f8b36073f15e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-071"
source_hash: "ab5fbf292e137287f086d676a21bd7ef2aecee6688f5f74b8d7866bd98a4dc10"
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 21-071 (2021A) — Limit The Detention Of Juveniles

The act prohibits the imposition of secured monetary or property conditions on a bond for juveniles charged with or accused of committing a delinquent act.The act reduces the juvenile detention bed cap from 327 beds to 215 beds beginning in fiscal year 2021-22.The act adds members and responsibilities to the existing statutory working group for criteria for placement of juvenile offenders. The working group's responsibilities include examining available alternatives to youth detention, the use of detention beds, and examining necessary investments in alternatives to youth detention.The act decreases appropriations made in the annual general appropriation act for the 2021-22 state fiscal year to the department of human services.The act makes the following appropriations to the department of human services:$202,541 for use by the office of information and technology;

## 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_sb071_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_071_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_071_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_071_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_071sjud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_071sjudapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_071jud_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_071app.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (05/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_071_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_071_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_071_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (07/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_071_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **38–22** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **22–13** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrew Boesenecker — primary (person)
- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-06T06:00:00+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
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `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 to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T07:00:00+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 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/020ef7f5-3cb2-4dc9-b8ef-f8b36073f15e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).