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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small Group Health Insurance Plan Renewal"
description: "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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-090"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-090 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edie Hooton", "Jim Smallwood"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ded77f92-9eee-47e2-9e3a-e0c3dd368626"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-090"
source_hash: "da8d37f1a49c3fec00a8eae22ca0ca494c78594a86211efa2a8952203873de37"
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 21-090 (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](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_sb090_h_hi_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_090_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_090_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_090_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_090shhs_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_090_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_090_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_090_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_090_signed.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ded77f92-9eee-47e2-9e3a-e0c3dd368626`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).