republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-143.md

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Bill	Uniform Collaborative Law Act	The act enacts the "Uniform Collaborative Law Act". The act authorizes a collaborative law process for proceedings arising under family or domestic relations law whereby disputes are resolved without intervention by a court or other tribunal. The act specifies the requirements for a collaborative law participation agreement, including that both sides be represented and advised by collaborative law lawyers, and that communications made during the collaborative law process are confidential and may not be used in later proceedings except in specified situations.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-143	Colorado SB 21-143 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Bob Gardner Kerry Tipper Marc Snyder	9	15	2	2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00	2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2155c1bc-1dc6-4016-b09b-89453dc7e4ed	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-143	4d98786584ea4b2089d3f7e63f2db37d9fcdf75636c182872d159024a25e6106	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-143 (2021A) — Uniform Collaborative Law Act

The act enacts the "Uniform Collaborative Law Act". The act authorizes a collaborative law process for proceedings arising under family or domestic relations law whereby disputes are resolved without intervention by a court or other tribunal. The act specifies the requirements for a collaborative law participation agreement, including that both sides be represented and advised by collaborative law lawyers, and that communications made during the collaborative law process are confidential and may not be used in later proceedings except in specified situations.(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
2. Engrossed (03/31/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/11/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (04/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (04/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (05/17/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 62–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bob Gardner — primary (person)
• Kerry Tipper — primary (person)
• Marc Snyder — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-31T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2155c1bc-1dc6-4016-b09b-89453dc7e4ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).