republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-141.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statewide Internet Portal Authority Competitive Solicitation Method"
description: "The responsibilities of the statewide internet portal authority (SIPA) include developing the officially recognized statewide internet portal, entering into a contract with a statewide internet portal integrator for the development, support, maintenance, and enhancement of the equipment and systems used for the statewide internet portal, and providing appropriate administration and oversight of the statewide internet portal integrator. Current law specifies that SIPA may not enter into a contract with a statewide portal integrator unless the statewide portal integrator was chosen by the authority pursuant to a request for proposals.The act retains the requirement for a competitive solicitation for the contract with the statewide portal integrator, but authorizes competitive solicitation methods other than a request for proposals, including the invitation to negotiate.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-141"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-141 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kolker", "Kevin Priola", "Mark Baisley", "Tracey Bernett"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a44f667a-092e-4b17-b53c-4c369f8243e4"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-141"
source_hash: "0ff62b96c8d5193ddfe3f6d769449e89a47b6c273682ca7a2ac146f0cd28709a"
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 21-141 (2021A) — Statewide Internet Portal Authority Competitive Solicitation Method

The responsibilities of the statewide internet portal authority (SIPA) include developing the officially recognized statewide internet portal, entering into a contract with a statewide internet portal integrator for the development, support, maintenance, and enhancement of the equipment and systems used for the statewide internet portal, and providing appropriate administration and oversight of the statewide internet portal integrator. Current law specifies that SIPA may not enter into a contract with a statewide portal integrator unless the statewide portal integrator was chosen by the authority pursuant to a request for proposals.The act retains the requirement for a competitive solicitation for the contract with the statewide portal integrator, but authorizes competitive solicitation methods other than a request for proposals, including the invitation to negotiate.(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_sb141_h_bus_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_141_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_141_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_141_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_141_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_141_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_141_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_141_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Kolker — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Mark Baisley — primary (person)
- Tracey Bernett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2021-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T07:00:00+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/a44f667a-092e-4b17-b53c-4c369f8243e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).