republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-079.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deregulate Meat Sales Direct To Consumers"
description: "The act allows a person to sell, without licensure, regulation, or inspection by a public health agency, rabbit meat if the animal was raised and processed by the seller and to sell shares in the meat of an animal, which includes cattle, calves, elk, sheep, hogs, bison, goats, and rabbits, but not fish, for future delivery if:The person displays at the point of sale a disclaimer or gives the purchaser a document with a disclaimer that:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-079"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-079 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald Valdez", "Jerry Sonnenberg", "Rod Pelton"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbc58889-4ac2-4464-9c05-d033ad0c9467"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-079"
source_hash: "5785a3875aab8c5bab182825b17e0e9a20689262b26603f3424cb241c605f20c"
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 21-079 (2021A) — Deregulate Meat Sales Direct To Consumers

The act allows a person to sell, without licensure, regulation, or inspection by a public health agency, rabbit meat if the animal was raised and processed by the seller and to sell shares in the meat of an animal, which includes cattle, calves, elk, sheep, hogs, bison, goats, and rabbits, but not fish, for future delivery if:The person displays at the point of sale a disclaimer or gives the purchaser a document with a disclaimer that:

## 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_clsb079_wpd.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_079_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_079_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_079_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_079shhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_079al_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_079_rn2.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_079_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_079_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_079_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPT — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CCR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- NOT CONCUR APPT CC — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donald Valdez — primary (person)
- Jerry Sonnenberg — primary (person)
- Rod Pelton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
- **2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Water `introduction`
- **2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbc58889-4ac2-4464-9c05-d033ad0c9467`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).