republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-248.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Loan Program For Colorado Agriculture"
description: "The act creates the Colorado agricultural future loan program (loan program) in the department of agriculture (department) and requires the department to administer the loan program.Beginning on or before January 1, 2022, and until January 1, 2025, the department may distribute money from the Colorado agricultural future loan program cash fund (fund), which is also created in the act, to financial entities to award farm-to-market infrastructure loans to eligible applicants. The department is not permitted to engage in direct lending activities.Beginning on or before January 1, 2022, the department may award farm-to-market infrastructure grants to eligible applicants.In administering the loan program, the department, to the extent practicable, shall attempt to award:A total of at least $5 million but no more than $10 million in the form of farm-to-market infrastructure loans or farm-to-market infrastructure grants by June 30, 2022; and"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-248"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-248 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleave Simpson", "Karen McCormick", "Kerry Donovan", "Richard Holtorf"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 19
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f955d8a5-8687-434b-9436-9e0f3805e708"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-248"
source_hash: "401713420a36e075fa4245c4e49648e0eb94f6daf52f9e27a99eefddb6d50606"
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 21-248 (2021A) — Loan Program For Colorado Agriculture

The act creates the Colorado agricultural future loan program (loan program) in the department of agriculture (department) and requires the department to administer the loan program.Beginning on or before January 1, 2022, and until January 1, 2025, the department may distribute money from the Colorado agricultural future loan program cash fund (fund), which is also created in the act, to financial entities to award farm-to-market infrastructure loans to eligible applicants. The department is not permitted to engage in direct lending activities.Beginning on or before January 1, 2022, the department may award farm-to-market infrastructure grants to eligible applicants.In administering the loan program, the department, to the extent practicable, shall attempt to award:A total of at least $5 million but no more than $10 million in the form of farm-to-market infrastructure loans or farm-to-market infrastructure grants by June 30, 2022; 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_sb248_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_248_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_248_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_248_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_248sagr_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_248sagrsapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_248alw_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_248app.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_248_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_248_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_248_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (06/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_248_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPT CCR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- NOT CONCUR APPT CC — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **56–7** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT — **54–11** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **58–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Karen McCormick — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
- Richard Holtorf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Livestock, & Water `introduction`
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f955d8a5-8687-434b-9436-9e0f3805e708`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).