republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-249.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Keep Colorado Wild Annual Pass"
description: "The act creates the keep Colorado wild pass (wild pass) for entry into state parks and other participating public lands. Commencing no earlier than January 1, 2023, but no later than January 1, 2024, each resident with one of the following motor vehicles that is not a commercial vehicle is assessed a fee for the wild pass (wild pass fee) when registering the motor vehicle:A passenger motor vehicle;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-249"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-249 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerry Donovan", "Kerry Tipper", "Perry Will", "Stephen Fenberg"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/301ffe67-8a53-43c1-a236-bfee20b30c20"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-249"
source_hash: "3f8541a38ea527477756e3be9f937d91800cae5043a3e023ad196f6c6fe2dc64"
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 21-249 (2021A) — Keep Colorado Wild Annual Pass

The act creates the keep Colorado wild pass (wild pass) for entry into state parks and other participating public lands. Commencing no earlier than January 1, 2023, but no later than January 1, 2024, each resident with one of the following motor vehicles that is not a commercial vehicle is assessed a fee for the wild pass (wild pass fee) when registering the motor vehicle:A passenger motor vehicle;

## 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_sb249_h_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_249_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/15/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_249_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_249_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_249sapp_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_249app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_249_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_249_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_249_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_249_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **27–7** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **46–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)
- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+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
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **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
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `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`
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+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/301ffe67-8a53-43c1-a236-bfee20b30c20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).