republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-095.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Employment First Advisory Partnership"
description: "The act implements the recommendation of the department of regulatory agencies in its sunset review and report on the employment first advisory partnership by continuing the partnership indefinitely.The act also creates a hiring preference pilot program for people with disabilities. Each department of state government may participate in the pilot program, but a participating department must submit a report on its implementation of the pilot program to the state personnel director, who will submit a report to the house business affairs and labor committee and the senate business, labor, and technology committee. A candidate qualifies for the pilot program when the candidate:Meets the minimum qualifications for the position;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-095"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-095 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessie Danielson", "Naquetta Ricks"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffc8764a-aff7-4048-8665-f0de1f9b98e1"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-095"
source_hash: "8854067eb8a32e0ef4b50ab4fc40588f08adc5a9bd5e4eabab3eb8f84c616de0"
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 21-095 (2021A) — Sunset Employment First Advisory Partnership

The act implements the recommendation of the department of regulatory agencies in its sunset review and report on the employment first advisory partnership by continuing the partnership indefinitely.The act also creates a hiring preference pilot program for people with disabilities. Each department of state government may participate in the pilot program, but a participating department must submit a report on its implementation of the pilot program to the state personnel director, who will submit a report to the house business affairs and labor committee and the senate business, labor, and technology committee. A candidate qualifies for the pilot program when the candidate:Meets the minimum qualifications for the position;

## 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_sb095_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_095_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_095_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_095_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_095sblt_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (05/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_095_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_095_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_095_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/30/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_095_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **41–21** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
- Naquetta Ricks — 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
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+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 - No Amendments
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2021-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffc8764a-aff7-4048-8665-f0de1f9b98e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).