republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-138.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improve Brain Injury Support In Criminal Justice System"
description: "Subject to available appropriations, the act requires the department of corrections to create a brain injury pilot program to evaluate outcomes for offenders with a brain injury who received screening and support while in the criminal justice system.The act creates in the department of human services the brain injury support in the criminal justice system task force to develop a plan to integrate into the criminal justice system a model to identify and support individuals with a brain injury who are in the criminal justice system.The act appropriates $144,409 and an additional 0.9 FTE to the department of corrections.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-138"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-138 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Coleman", "Jennifer Bacon", "Shane Sandridge"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3147085d-8a9e-4bec-bc2c-ee4ba6cc37dd"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-138"
source_hash: "e28a14e44b4a8db81d73ed4806992a81207595344db47e58bda91244dd561c89"
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 21-138 (2021A) — Improve Brain Injury Support In Criminal Justice System

Subject to available appropriations, the act requires the department of corrections to create a brain injury pilot program to evaluate outcomes for offenders with a brain injury who received screening and support while in the criminal justice system.The act creates in the department of human services the brain injury support in the criminal justice system task force to develop a plan to integrate into the criminal justice system a model to identify and support individuals with a brain injury who are in the criminal justice system.The act appropriates $144,409 and an additional 0.9 FTE to the department of corrections.(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_sb138_h_app_006.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_138_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_138_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_138_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_138sjud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_138sjudapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_138app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_138_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_138_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_138_rv2.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (07/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_138_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **48–14** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Jennifer Bacon — primary (person)
- Shane Sandridge — 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 Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3147085d-8a9e-4bec-bc2c-ee4ba6cc37dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).