republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-250.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections And Voting"
description: "The act amends various laws related to the conduct of elections, including provisions related to:Procedures for registering to vote and for automatic voter registration through voter registration agencies;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-250"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-250 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Stephen Fenberg", "Susan Lontine", "Yadira Caraveo"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 18
vote_count: 18
first_action: "2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2b115e4-8b9d-49b7-bd3b-c474333054cb"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-250"
source_hash: "5e99b65373011d826211b7cfe03eb259ef61b6c33fd073a055b80c38df316a5d"
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 21-250 (2021A) — Elections And Voting

The act amends various laws related to the conduct of elections, including provisions related to:Procedures for registering to vote and for automatic voter registration through voter registration agencies;

## 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_sb250_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_250_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_250_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_250_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_250ssta_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_250sstaapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_250sa_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/12/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_250_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_250_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_250_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_250_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **23–39** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **23–39** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **23–39** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **24–38** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **61–3** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **23–39** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **40–23** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **25–39** (fail) · lower
- REPASS — **20–12** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **23–39** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **23–39** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **23–39** (fail) · lower
- PERM — **55–8** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **24–39** (fail) · lower
- CONCUR — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PERM — **56–8** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **22–40** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)
- Susan Lontine — primary (person)
- Yadira Caraveo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+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
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+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 Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2b115e4-8b9d-49b7-bd3b-c474333054cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).