republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-081.md

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Bill	Measures To Prevent The Misuse Of Safe2Tell	The act allows the attorney general to disclose to law enforcement personnel any materials or information obtained through the implementation or operation of the safe2tell program (program) if the attorney general reasonably deems such disclosure necessary for the prevention of imminent physical harm or serious bodily injury to one or more persons.The act permits a court to issue a court order for production of records upon the request of a law enforcement agency, public safety agency, or district attorney, under seal, for program materials identifying a reporting party if the court, following an in camera review, determines probable cause exists that a reporting party to the program knowingly used the program in the commission of false reporting of an emergency and release of program materials is justified on balance in view of the probable violation and the program purpose of anonymity. The court may lift the sealing only on a motion of a district attorney upon showing of good cause following an in camera review of the information. If charges are filed against a person that rely on the information provided pursuant to the court order, the sealing order automatically expires and the information is subject to discovery obligations.The program produces awareness and educational materials for the program. The act requires those materials to include an explanation of the circumstances when a student's report may not remain anonymous.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-081	Colorado SB 21-081 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Chris Kolker Dafna Michaelson Jenet	9	16	4	2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00	2021-06-30T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/106d0203-aab0-47db-978b-c1d0e046dd81	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-081	f38fed8d9cc9815fa8051add3e242df7b46ec6073e71f11967468951d562f9a0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-081 (2021A) — Measures To Prevent The Misuse Of Safe2Tell

The act allows the attorney general to disclose to law enforcement personnel any materials or information obtained through the implementation or operation of the safe2tell program (program) if the attorney general reasonably deems such disclosure necessary for the prevention of imminent physical harm or serious bodily injury to one or more persons.The act permits a court to issue a court order for production of records upon the request of a law enforcement agency, public safety agency, or district attorney, under seal, for program materials identifying a reporting party if the court, following an in camera review, determines probable cause exists that a reporting party to the program knowingly used the program in the commission of false reporting of an emergency and release of program materials is justified on balance in view of the probable violation and the program purpose of anonymity. The court may lift the sealing only on a motion of a district attorney upon showing of good cause following an in camera review of the information. If charges are filed against a person that rely on the information provided pursuant to the court order, the sealing order automatically expires and the information is subject to discovery obligations.The program produces awareness and educational materials for the program. The act requires those materials to include an explanation of the circumstances when a student's report may not remain anonymous.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/22/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/11/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/18/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (03/23/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (05/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 52–8 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Kolker — primary (person)
• Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-30T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 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
• 2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
• 2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
• 2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2021-03-17T06:00:00+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; origin ocd-bill/106d0203-aab0-47db-978b-c1d0e046dd81. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).