republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-233.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Department Of Labor And Employment Unemployment Insurance Division Enterprise"
description: "The act requires the executive director of the department of labor and employment (executive director), in partnership with the director of the division of unemployment insurance, the office of the governor, and either the new American advisor in the department or the director of the office of new Americans (ONA), if established, to study the feasibility of establishing a contract with a nonprofit, third-party entity to administer a wage replacement program for individuals who are unemployed through no fault of their own and who are ineligible for regular unemployment benefits due to their immigration status. The executive director and the new American advisor or director of the ONA are required to submit recommendations to the governor and to the senate business, labor, and technology committee and the house of representatives business affairs and labor committee.$75,000 is appropriated to the department of labor and employment for the wage replacement program study.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-233"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-233 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adrienne Benavidez", "Chris Hansen", "Robert Rodriguez", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-02T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/816acc7e-00b3-44af-8bd2-f521426c1fb6"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-233"
source_hash: "a2bf1d569ee8c262b1a1b09097f15edcc7c344f73803c2de9e45a47739aaf04b"
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 21-233 (2021A) — Colorado Department Of Labor And Employment Unemployment Insurance Division Enterprise

The act requires the executive director of the department of labor and employment (executive director), in partnership with the director of the division of unemployment insurance, the office of the governor, and either the new American advisor in the department or the director of the office of new Americans (ONA), if established, to study the feasibility of establishing a contract with a nonprofit, third-party entity to administer a wage replacement program for individuals who are unemployed through no fault of their own and who are ineligible for regular unemployment benefits due to their immigration status. The executive director and the new American advisor or director of the ONA are required to submit recommendations to the governor and to the senate business, labor, and technology committee and the house of representatives business affairs and labor committee.$75,000 is appropriated to the department of labor and employment for the wage replacement program study.(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_sb233_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_233_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_233_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_233_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_233sblt_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_233sbltsapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (06/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_233app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_233_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (06/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_233_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (06/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_233_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (07/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_233_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **41–22** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **19–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adrienne Benavidez — primary (person)
- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+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/816acc7e-00b3-44af-8bd2-f521426c1fb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).