republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-083.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Student Financial Assistance Funding"
description: "The act modifies the requirement for the 2021-22 fiscal year that the annual appropriations for higher education student financial assistance increase by at least the same percentage as the aggregate percentage increase of all general fund appropriations to institutions of higher education. The act clarifies that this standard increase will not apply to appropriations for the 2021-22 fiscal year for increases in funding for the institutions of higher education that restore aggregate general fund appropriations to a level at or below the level of such appropriations for the 2019-20 fiscal year. Furthermore, for the 2021-22 fiscal year, the standard formula will be calculated based on 2020-21 fiscal year financial aid appropriations during the 2020 legislative session and does not include supplemental appropriations for financial aid during the 2021 legislative session.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-083"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-083 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Hansen", "Leslie Herod"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc061805-347b-4065-81b8-12c12c34c0f5"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-083"
source_hash: "35df22177f13d491a51ddf6ae11d40089cfdf4a83745ee6de28bdea9959354ae"
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 21-083 (2021A) — Higher Education Student Financial Assistance Funding

The act modifies the requirement for the 2021-22 fiscal year that the annual appropriations for higher education student financial assistance increase by at least the same percentage as the aggregate percentage increase of all general fund appropriations to institutions of higher education. The act clarifies that this standard increase will not apply to appropriations for the 2021-22 fiscal year for increases in funding for the institutions of higher education that restore aggregate general fund appropriations to a level at or below the level of such appropriations for the 2019-20 fiscal year. Furthermore, for the 2021-22 fiscal year, the standard formula will be calculated based on 2020-21 fiscal year financial aid appropriations during the 2020 legislative session and does not include supplemental appropriations for financial aid during the 2021 legislative session.(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](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_sb083_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_083_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_083_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_083_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_083_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (03/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_083_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (03/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_083_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_083_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **27–7** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **43–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-12T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-12T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-03-12T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2021-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc061805-347b-4065-81b8-12c12c34c0f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).