republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-108.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities Commission Gas Utility Safety Inspection Authority"
description: "The act declares that, due to recent dramatic increases in both the extraction and transportation of natural gas and the construction of new homes and businesses in close proximity to these activities, as well as the environmental risks posed by methane leakage, it is appropriate to strengthen and streamline Colorado's laws governing gas pipeline safety.In furtherance of strengthening and streamlining those laws, the act updates and clarifies the duty of the public utilities commission (PUC) to collaborate with the United States department of transportation (DOT) on pipeline safety issues by:Formally accepting responsibility to enforce DOT pipeline safety rules; and"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-108"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-108 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Cutter", "Tammy Story", "Tracey Bernett"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-18T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6c31d23-4ebb-461d-affb-bb3b04a01a90"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-108"
source_hash: "26e67328b04cbaf75ddfc2a5bcfb2b81a3b39f688a145297b55412fba28fe46d"
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 21-108 (2021A) — Public Utilities Commission Gas Utility Safety Inspection Authority

The act declares that, due to recent dramatic increases in both the extraction and transportation of natural gas and the construction of new homes and businesses in close proximity to these activities, as well as the environmental risks posed by methane leakage, it is appropriate to strengthen and streamline Colorado's laws governing gas pipeline safety.In furtherance of strengthening and streamlining those laws, the act updates and clarifies the duty of the public utilities commission (PUC) to collaborate with the United States department of transportation (DOT) on pipeline safety issues by:Formally accepting responsibility to enforce DOT pipeline safety rules; and

## 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_sb108_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_108_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_108_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_108_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_108ene_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_108app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_108_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_108_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_108_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_108_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **19–15** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **22–13** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **40–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)
- Tracey Bernett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-06T06:00:00+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`
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`
- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 05/06/2021 - No Amendments
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6c31d23-4ebb-461d-affb-bb3b04a01a90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).