republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-075.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supported Decision-making Agreement"
description: "The act allows an adult with a disability (adult) to voluntarily enter into a supported decision-making agreement (agreement) with one or more members of the supportive community. Under the agreement, the adult may request the member of the supportive community to do any of the following:Provide supported decision-making, including assistance in understanding the options, responsibilities, and consequences of the adult's life decisions, without making those decisions on behalf of the adult;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-075"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-075 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Joann Ginal", "Kerry Tipper", "Mary Young"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4ede843-474d-405b-ae23-2dde93656f43"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-075"
source_hash: "10e250cbdd875f5bc384afe891dde4245dd83348ef2677ad17f5b5d958c49b55"
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 21-075 (2021A) — Supported Decision-making Agreement

The act allows an adult with a disability (adult) to voluntarily enter into a supported decision-making agreement (agreement) with one or more members of the supportive community. Under the agreement, the adult may request the member of the supportive community to do any of the following:Provide supported decision-making, including assistance in understanding the options, responsibilities, and consequences of the adult's life decisions, without making those decisions on behalf of the adult;

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/30fe5e6acfe6fd598725868e0071283a__hearing_summary/210304%20AttachA.pdf)
2. **Amendment L.002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/30fe5e6acfe6fd598725868e0071283a__hearing_summary/210304%20AttachB.pdf)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_sb075_h_jud_001.pdf)
4. **Engrossed (03/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_075_eng.pdf)
5. **Final Act (04/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_075_enr.pdf)
6. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_075_01.pdf)
7. **PA1 (03/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_075sjud_01.pdf)
8. **PA2 (04/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_075jud_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (03/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_075_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (04/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_075_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (04/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_075_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_075_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **57–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)
- Mary Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2021-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **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/e4ede843-474d-405b-ae23-2dde93656f43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).