republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-090.md

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Bill	Small Group Health Insurance Plan Renewal	The act clarifies that if a small employer has been issued a health benefit plan subject to small group insurance laws and rules, and then following the issuance date subsequently employs more than 100 employees, the small group insurance laws and rules continue to apply to the plan as long as the employer renews the current health benefit plan. If the employer opts to renew its current plan, the act requires an insurance carrier to offer the employer the same small group health benefit plan or, if the same plan is no longer available, a similar plan that the carrier offers to other small employers.The act requires an insurance carrier to notify the employer that the small group insurance laws and rules will no longer apply if the employer fails to renew the current plan or elects to enroll in a different health benefit plan.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-090	Colorado SB 21-090 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Edie Hooton Jim Smallwood	9	13	2	2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00	2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ded77f92-9eee-47e2-9e3a-e0c3dd368626	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-090	da8d37f1a49c3fec00a8eae22ca0ca494c78594a86211efa2a8952203873de37	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-090 (2021A) — Small Group Health Insurance Plan Renewal

The act clarifies that if a small employer has been issued a health benefit plan subject to small group insurance laws and rules, and then following the issuance date subsequently employs more than 100 employees, the small group insurance laws and rules continue to apply to the plan as long as the employer renews the current health benefit plan. If the employer opts to renew its current plan, the act requires an insurance carrier to offer the employer the same small group health benefit plan or, if the same plan is no longer available, a similar plan that the carrier offers to other small employers.The act requires an insurance carrier to notify the employer that the small group insurance laws and rules will no longer apply if the employer fails to renew the current plan or elects to enroll in a different health benefit plan.(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 (02/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/18/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/23/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (02/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (03/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (03/11/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (03/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 60–0 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Edie Hooton — primary (person)
• Jim Smallwood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-03-18T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-03-18T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-03-18T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-12T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-03-11T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2021-03-09T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance 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 with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 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; origin ocd-bill/ded77f92-9eee-47e2-9e3a-e0c3dd368626. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).